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Forebodings of a Bloody Revolution

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StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Characters in this exact text

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JeanJean — old blind beggar/fiddler in “Forebodings of a Bloody Revolution”; distinct from Jean of Le Loup’s gangOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 121

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Original Howard typescript — TSS 82188Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82188

Original Typescript (OT) source code; retained as an original Howard typescript witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 501

Glenn Lord retype — Untitled ("Give ye of my best")Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 preservation/reproduction page

TSS: 15223

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · Untitled ("Give ye of my best") · TSS 15223

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. 3 p. 121Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 121

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