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The Shadow of the Beast — Draft 1

Part of The Shadow of the Beast

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units11
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Characters in this exact text

HarryHarry — Joan’s brother, shot by Joe CagleOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Shadow of the Beast, pp. 82–87JoanJoan — Harry’s sister and Steve’s beloved in The Shadow of the BeastOn Page7 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Shadow of the Beast, pp. 82–87Joe CagleJoe Cagle — fugitive antagonist in The Shadow of the BeastOn Page14 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Shadow of the Beast, pp. 82–87SteveSteve — first-person narrator in The Shadow of the BeastOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard — The Shadow of the Beast, pp. 82–87

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent11 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 11 pages / 11 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 50086–50096

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving witness. (witness level)
  • Unnumbered Pages: The spreadsheet records the witness/pages as unnumbered. (witness level)
  • Verse Present: The spreadsheet records verse material in the surviving witness. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Shadow of the Beast, The (d1) · TSS 50086–50096 · spreadsheet rows 14095–14105

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (Del Rey, 2008)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard, supplied Del Rey 2008 PDF, pp. 82–87; Notes on the Original Howard Texts, pp. 340–351.