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StateYouthful writingSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1Catalogue 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.

GenghisGenghis Khan — historical Mongol conqueror; his psychic impression is central in King of the Forgotten People and he is mentioned in other AiSF texts.On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 394

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.

Glenn Lord retype — TSS 24041Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 24041

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 176

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. 394Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 394

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