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The Robert E. Howard Lexicon
The Hyper-Masculine Diction of Robert E. Howard
© 2016 James LaFond
NOV/3/16
Previously conceptualized as Limned Beneath the Nighted Sky
Howard used numerous terms—some would say overused them—in his writing that were already obscure or outdated in his day and strike the postmodern reader as odd, with the effect ranging from exciting to disquieting. Throughout Howard’s fiction, his use of anachronistic terms is significant enough—both in terms of the color and depth they lend to his prose and verse and as an example of how far we have fallen as literary creatures—that I have determined that this attempt to review all of his work will be well-served by an ongoing lexicon.
Entries will be added as they occur to the reviewer and are stumbled upon in his readings.
A Well of Heroes
xxx xxx xxx
‘The Last Election We Ever Have?’
blog
Incongruous
eBook
son of a lesser god
eBook
under the god of things
eBook
crag mouth
eBook
song of the secret gardener
eBook
orphan nation
eBook
the first boxers
eBook
logic of force
eBook
hate
Lynn     Nov 3, 2016

I submit "sward" or "greensward" for the open grassy area where the action usually goes down.
Lynn     Nov 4, 2016

Another one—he used seraglio where we might expect harem.
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