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Two Men

Part of Two Men

StateGlenn Lord retypeSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units3Catalogue 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.

ChristJesus Christ — historical religious figure explicitly invoked by Howard in direct proseMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 221otherthe conformist man in Two Men — second of the two men, who defends the legal and social order that condemns ChristOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 221one manthe loyal man in Two Men — first of the two men, who vows to fight or die beside ChristOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 221

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.

Glenn Lord retype — TSS 60238, 60239, 60240Secondary retype
Extent3 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 3 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 60238, 60239, 60240

Glenn’s Retype (GR) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 309–311

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. 221Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 221

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