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The Dust Dance (2)

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StateGlenn Lord retypeSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units4Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Characters in this exact text

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AbelAbel — Biblical figure invoked in Howard's Cain-and-Abel comparisonOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318AdamAdam — legendary first man invoked in “Lilith”On Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318ElijahElijah — biblical prophet invoked in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318EveEve — legendary woman contrasted with Lilith in “Lilith”On Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318JeremiahJeremiah — Biblical prophet invoked in Howard’s discussion of the Lia Fail traditionOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318LilithLilith — ancient legendary woman invoked by Kane as a comparison for NakariOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318NeroNero — Roman emperor invoked in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318PilatePontius Pilate — Roman governor invoked in the Crucifixion passage of The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318St. StephenSaint Stephen — early Christian martyr invoked in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318SatanSatan — supernatural figure invoked by comparison in The Last Man.On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318TamarTamar in The Dust Dance — named figure whose lyre is heard in The Dust Dance (2); not merged with unrelated Tamaru identitiesOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 318

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Glenn Lord retype — TSS 15230, 15231, 15232, 15233Secondary retype
Extent4 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 4 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 15230, 15231, 15232, 15233

Glenn’s Retype (GR) source code; secondary documentary retype rather than Howard’s surviving physical original.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 30–33

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. 318Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 318

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