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Man, the Master

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StateFinished / professionalSurviving witnesses3TSS catalogue units3Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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

Exhaustively reviewed for this catalogued Poetry state. Generic lyric speakers/addressees, collectives, places and purely metaphorical allusions are not manufactured into permanent Characters.

No qualifying individual Characters or named entities were found in this exact textual state.

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.

Glenn Lord retype — TSS 15860Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 15860

Glenn’s Retype (GR) source code; secondary documentary retype rather than Howard’s surviving physical original.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 56

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82282Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82282

Original Typescript (OT) source code; retained as an original Howard typescript witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 571

Published-page/reproduction witness — Song At Midnight (v) (pub1)Other physical witness
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 publication/reproduction TSS item

TSS: 54317

Source-controlled publication evidence from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Poetry working list · Song At Midnight (v) (pub1) · TSS 54317

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.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 70Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 70

Published in

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume OneREH Foundation PressOctober 2022↗