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The Rhyme of the Three Slavers

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StateTitled draftSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2Catalogue 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.

FairlyFairly — one of the three slave-traders in The Rhyme of the Three Slavers; not merged with unrelated same-name catalogue identitiesOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 265FallFall — one of the three slave-traders in The Rhyme of the Three Slavers; not merged with unrelated same-name catalogue identitiesOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 265SatanSatan — supernatural figure invoked by comparison in The Last Man.Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 265SladeSlade — one of the three slave-traders in The Rhyme of the Three Slavers; not merged with unrelated same-name catalogue identitiesOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 265captivethe captive chief in The Rhyme of the Three Slavers — chief of a fetish clan murdered by Fairly, Fall and SladeOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 265

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 51821Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 51821

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 240–240

Original Howard typescript — TSS 51853Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 51853

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 271–271

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. 265Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 265

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