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King Bahthur’s Court

StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses3TSS catalogue units5Catalogue 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.

JackwesJackwes — A court attendant whom Goway asks to bring beer and wine.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 352 / PDF p. 370 King BahthurKing Bahthur — comic king presiding over the Arthurian parody “King Bahthur’s Court”On Page8 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 180 King Bahthur’s jesterKing Bahthur’s jester — A court jester whose audience interrupts an overfamiliar joke.On Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 351 / PDF p. 369 Old man in Goway’s taleOld man in Goway’s tale — An old man who drives off bandits before Goway arrives and steals from him.Off Pagefirst: Sentiment, printed p. 353 / PDF p. 371 Queen GwenQueen Gwen — queen in “King Bahthur’s Court”, also called Gwen and GwenivereOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 181 Sir AllhehadSir Allhehad — knight at King Bahthur’s courtOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 180 Sir Blah BlaughSir Blah Blaugh — fictional author/Duke cited in the mock bibliographic aside in “King Bahthur’s Court”Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 181 Sir GowaySir Goway — knight at King Bahthur’s courtOn Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 180 Sir LauncealittleSir Launcealittle — champion knight at King Bahthur’s courtOn Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 180 Sir OutawnbaleSir Outawnbale — former champion mentioned in King Bahthur’s courtMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 180

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 82106, 82107, 82108Howard typescript

Extent3 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 3 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 82106–82108

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 436–438

Glenn Lord retype — PrologueSecondary retype

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 Glenn Lord retype page

TSS: 15180

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source inventory describes the physical form as Flat-t TW or Repro TW where noted.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · King Bahthur's Court (Prologue) (gr1) · TSS 15180

Glenn Lord retype — L'EnvoiSecondary retype

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 Glenn Lord retype page

TSS: 15181

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source inventory describes the physical form as Flat-t TW or Repro TW where noted.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · King Bahthur's Court (L'Envoi) (gr1) · TSS 15181

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. 180Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 180

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 351–353.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Sentiment (2009 first printing), pp. 351–353.

Published in

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