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Dancing at Goldstein’s

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StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses5TSS catalogue units5Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Characters in this exact text

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Billie DoveBillie Dove — American film actress invoked in the dance coupletOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe — American author invoked as a dance partnerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Marilyn DamnMarilyn Damn — named dance partner of the speakerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Michael O’HodMichael O’Hod — named dance partner of the speakerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Michael ShoveMichael Shove — named dance partner of the speakerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Nellie O’HellNellie O’Hell — named dance partner of the speakerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168RachelRachel — first dancer named only as Rachel; not assumed to be Rachel Stein later in the poemOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Rachel SteinRachel Stein — named dancer in Cork; kept distinct from the earlier Rachel because the poem does not prove identityOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Sally BlaneSally Blane — American film actress invoked in the dance coupletOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Salvador VendettoSalvador Vendetto — named dance partner of RachelOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168SollySolly — jew’s-harp player at Goldstein’sOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Solomon KaneSolomon Kane — English Puritan wanderer, swordsman and avengerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Stevie StorkStevie Stork — named dance partner of the speakerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Thelma ToddThelma Todd — American film actress invoked in the dance coupletOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168Ysbel LevettoYsbel Levetto — named dance partner of the speakerOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 168

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 82501Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82501

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 614–614

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82503Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82503

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 618–618

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82505Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82505

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 623–623

Original Howard typescript — TSS 82502Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82502

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 616

Glenn Lord retype — Untitled ("Out in front of Goldstein's")Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 Glenn Lord retype page

TSS: 15154

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · Untitled ("Out in front of Goldstein's") (gr1) · TSS 15154

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. 168Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 168

Published in

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