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Rune

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StateAn earlier handwritten draftSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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

Rune (an earlier handwritten draft)

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.

Serpent godthe serpent god — singular serpent deity whose coils grasp the universeOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 221White godthe white moon-god — singular moon-riding, jackal-jawed deityOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 221

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.

Howard handwritten manuscript — TSS 64761Howard handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 64761

Original Typescript (OT) source code; documentary notes identify the physical item as Howard handwriting.

Additional documentary notes

  • Typed on recto and verso: The retained catalogue identifies one or more Poetry units as being on the back/verso of another physical sheet. (TSS 64761)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 323

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. 221Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 221

Published in

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