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A High Land

Part of A High Land

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.

No qualifying individual Characters or named entities were found in this exact textual state.

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 82666Howard handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82666

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 707–707

Glenn Lord retype — Untitled ("A high land and a hill land")Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 preservation/reproduction page

TSS: 15214

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source physical description: Flat-t TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · Untitled ("A high land and a hill land") · TSS 15214

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. 354Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 354

Pictures in the Fire (2018 first printing), p. 440: A High Land.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Pictures in the Fire (2018 first printing), p. 440: A High Land.

Published in

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