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The Isle of Hy-Brasil

Part of Hy-Brasil

StateThe titled first draft of “Hy-Brasil”Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units3
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.

Version-specific titles

The Isle of Hy-Brasil (the titled first draft of “Hy-Brasil”)The Isle of Hy-Brasil

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.

CortezCortez — historical Spanish conqueror invoked in the Verrazano treasure accountMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 199DrakeDrake — historical seafarer invoked in the pirate-era backstoryMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 199Good St. BrandonSaint Brendan the Navigator — historical person referenced in the sourceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 199

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 — The Isle of Hy-BrasilSecondary retype
Extent3 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 3 Glenn Lord retype pages

TSS: 15194–15196

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source inventory describes the physical form as Flat-t TW or Repro TW where noted.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · The Isle of Hy-Brasil (gr1) · TSS 15194–15196

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. 199Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 199

Published in

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