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Futility (1)

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StateFirst-publication textSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1Catalogue 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.

ChironChiron — servant or guard called by XaltotunOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 252womanthe rooftop woman — woman laughing from the bawdy roofsOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 252

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.

Published-page/reproduction witness — Futility (1, Golden goats) (v) (pub1)Other physical witness
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 publication/reproduction TSS item

TSS: 54331

Source-controlled publication evidence from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Poetry working list · Futility (1, Golden goats) (v) (pub1) · TSS 54331

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. 252Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 252

Published in

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