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The Bandit

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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.

cowpuncherthe Bandit — titular young Texas cowpuncher who becomes a Mexican banditOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 377

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 51780Howard handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 51780

Original Typescript (OT) source code; documentary notes identify the physical item as Howard handwriting.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 205–206

Howard handwritten manuscript — TSS 90115Howard handwritten manuscript
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90115

Original Typescript (OT) source code; documentary notes identify the physical item as Howard handwriting.

Additional documentary notes

  • Typed on recto and verso: The retained catalogue identifies one or more Poetry units as being on the back/verso of another physical sheet. (TSS 90115)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 821–822

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. 377Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 377

Published in

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