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The Day That I Die

Part of The Day That I Die

StateTitled draftSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units4Catalogue 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.

Original Howard typescript — TSS 90035, 90051Howard typescript
Extent2 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 2 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 90035, 90051

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

Additional documentary notes

  • Irregular page order: This one Poetry witness is represented by separated or non-sequential TSS catalogue units. Unit sequence follows the manuscript/source order rather than assuming numeric TSS order. (TSS 90035, 90051)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 745, 760

Glenn Lord retype — The Day That I DieSecondary retype
Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 2 preservation/reproduction pages

TSS: 15241–15242

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source physical description: Flat-t TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · The Day That I Die · TSS 15241–15242

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. 244Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 244

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