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An American Epic

Part of An American Epic

StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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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.

DorindyDorindy — Hiram’s girl in “An American Epic”On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 151HiramHiram — older man who shoots the hired man in “An American Epic”On Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 151Robert FrostRobert Frost — American poet invoked in “A Fable for Critics”Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 151

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.

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82547Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82547

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 664

Glenn Lord retype — An American EpicSecondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 preservation/reproduction page

TSS: 15280

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · An American Epic · TSS 15280

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. 151Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 151

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