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The Ballad of Singapore Nell

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StateTitled draftSurviving witnesses2TSS 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.

Cap McTeeCap McTee — sea captain and lover betrayed by Nell of SingaporeOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 337Nell of SingaporeNell of Singapore — criminal adventuress and later movie star in the Singapore Nell poemsOn Page6 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 337Suez SallySuez Sally — woman with whom Cap McTee/Cap Whee steps outMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 337Jew from Timbuktuthe knock-kneed Jew from Timbuktu — film-world figure who gives Nell a screen testOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 337

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 90154Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90154

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 857

Original Howard typescript — TSS 51849Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 51849

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Complete List row 23121; The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard V1 p.337 n.28

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. 337Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 337

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