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StateGlenn Lord retypeSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Characters in this exact text

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DiderotDenis Diderot — historical thinker explicitly namedOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326DebsEugene V. Debs — historical activist explicitly namedOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326RousseauJean-Jacques Rousseau — historical thinker explicitly namedOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326PlatoPlato — ancient Greek philosopherOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326BrannRobert Ingersoll Brann — writer explicitly namedOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326Liesthe Lies — collective-voiced but singularly modeled personification speaking throughoutOn Page13 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326VoltaireVoltaire — French writer and philosopher directly discussed by HowardOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Glenn Lord retype — TSS 15853, 15854Secondary retype
Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 2 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 15853, 15854

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 49–50

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

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Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 326Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 326

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