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StateUntitled 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.

LilithLilith — ancient legendary woman invoked by Kane as a comparison for NakariOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 61MalochMaloch — godling worshipped by the revelers; spelling preserved from the poemOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 61PanPan — mythological deity invoked by comparisonMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 61priestthe leering priest — individual priest leading the revelers’ tuneOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 61Man of the Shadowsthe Man of the Shadows — dark ruling figure repeatedly addressed by the narrator and said to own the worshippersOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 61

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 90084Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90084

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 794–794

Original Howard typescript — TSS 90142Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90142

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 843–843

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. 2 p. 61Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 61

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗