REH’s Writings

Exact textual stateText

The Sword of Lal Singh

StateYouthful writingSurviving 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.

Lal SinghLal Singh — Sikh swordsman, thief and recurring adventurerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 352

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.

Howard handwritten manuscript — TSS 65928Howard handwritten manuscript

Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 65928

Original Typescript (OT) source code; documentary notes identify the physical item as handwritten from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 354–354

Glenn Lord retype — The Sword of Lal SinghSecondary retype

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 Glenn Lord retype page

TSS: 15091

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source inventory physical description: Repro TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · The Sword of Lal Singh (gr1) · TSS 15091

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. 352Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 352

Published in

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