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StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units2Catalogue 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.

Baal-PteorBaal-pteor — Kosalan strangler serving TotrasmekMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 307DempseyJack Dempsey — historical heavyweight champion; the modern Dempsey distinguished from the NonpareilMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 307SolomonKing Solomon — biblical king and magician invoked in the legend of the imprisoned HorrorMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 3 p. 307

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 15092, 15093Secondary retype
Extent2 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 2 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 15092–15093

Glenn’s Retype (GR) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 20–21

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. 307Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 307

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