/lit/ - Literature

Was Robert E Howard actually a good writer, or just a provactive, engaging and creative one? Obviously his stories are very simple, but they capture a sort of artlessness of art in their simplicity

Whats the deal with Robert E Howard?

>>19253838
>“As for war, that will come when international capital is ready. I do not believe, and have never believed, that Mussolini, Hitler and the other European strong-arm, he-man dictators are anything but figure-heads and tools for international capitalism. The same crowd that recently approached Smedley Butler with a proposition to overthrow the government and set up a Fascist dictatorship”

>Howard displayed eccentric behavior, such as: having his pants hemmed short so he would not trip in a potential fight; carrying a gun in his car in case of enemies; shouting stories as he wrote them; dressing oddly for the time and place, including a large moustache and sombrero; shadow-boxing as he walked down the street. At the time, Novalyne Price told her roommate, "He’s trying to tell people he’s a writer and writers have a right to be odd. Since they think he’s crazy, anyway, he’ll show them just how crazy he can be." In the wake of his break-up with Novalyne Price, Howard's behavior became increasing eccentric. On one occasion, having taken Novalyne to a drug store for a soda, he loudly and publicly re-told his story "Red Nails." He changed his appearance and grew a large, drooping mustache. Later he began to wear about town a black sombrero with red bandana and black vaquero pants

Was it autism?

Robert E Howard vs Tolkien, who created the better fantasy world in terms of lore and world building?

>writes macho self-insert WE fantasy about "muh EBIN Celtic pwning those nancy civilized folkz"
>actually is a giant pussy and the rest of his work is filled with feminist and proto-white guilt themes
So THIS is the POWER of... THE BARBARIAN!

>>11146542
This badboy