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The Coming of Bast

Part of The Coming of Bast

StateTitled draftSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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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.

BastBast — ancient deity invoked in the legend of the templeOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Title / Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 271

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 90197, 90199Howard typescript
Extent2 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 2 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 90197, 90199

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 90197, 90199)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 890, 892

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. 271Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 271

Published in

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