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The Road to Hell

Part of The Road to Hell

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

BelshazzerBelshazzar — historical Babylonian ruler associated with the jewelMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 344CainCain — Biblical figure invoked in Howard's Cain-and-Abel comparisonOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 344GabrielGabriel — archangel invoked by trumpet in “The Road to Hell”Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 344JezabelJezebel — biblical queen invoked among the damned in “The Road to Hell”; distinct from fictional Jezebel #1360Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 344SatanSatan — supernatural figure invoked by comparison in The Last Man.On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 344

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 51816Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 51816

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 235

Original Howard typescript — TSS 92069Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 92069

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 938

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. 344Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 344

Published in

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