REH’s Writings

Exact textual stateVersion

The Pirate (2)

StateA titled variant version of “A Buccaneer Speaks”Surviving 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

The Pirate (2, a titled variant version of “A Buccaneer Speaks”)The Pirate (2)

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.

Ithe buccaneer speaker — first-person pirate persona of The Pirate / A Buccaneer SpeaksOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 258

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 90101Howard handwritten manuscript

Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90101

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 808–809

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. 258Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 258

Published in

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