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StateTitled draftSurviving witnesses3TSS 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.

Bloody NollOliver Cromwell — historical English leader used as a comparison for John Pendragon.On Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 299methe royalist prisoner — aged royalist released from his dungeon for battleOn Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 299

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.

Xerox of original typescript — TSS 15008, 15009Xerox of Howard typescript
Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 2 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 15008, 15009

Xerox of original (XO) source code; retained as a photocopy witness rather than masquerading as the surviving original sheet.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 17–18

Original Howard typescript — TSS 66038Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 66038

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 358

Original Howard typescript — TSS 66043Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 66043

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 362–364

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. 299Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 299

Published in

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