A Guide to the Essays by Walt Whitman, 1850-1865 #9778

A Guide to the Essays by Walt Whitman, 1850-1865 Walt Whitman, Essays by, 1850-1865 9778

A Guide to the Essays by Walt Whitman, 1850-1865

A Collection in the
Tracy W. McGregor Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9778

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

9778

Title

Essays by Walt Whitman, 1850-1865

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 7 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Essays by Walt Whitman, Accession #9778, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the library by Tracy W. McGregor on 1972 January 26.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains five essays by Whitman: Abraham Lincoln, 1865; Homer and Shakespeare, 1857; On Samuel Johnson, 1857; On Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, 1850; and Shakespeare and his sonnets and Edmund Spenser, 1850. Also included are notes on the Dutch and English traits in his personality, and on his method of composing Leaves of Grass.

Contents List

"On Shakespeare and Ben Johnson," 1850

1 p., in bound volumes with typescript, AM

"On Samuel Johnson," 1857

1 p., in bound volume with typescript, AM

"Shakespeare and his sonnets and Edmund Spencer" 1850

1 p., in bound volume with typescript, AM

"Homer and Shakespeare. A Comparison" 1857

1 p.,in bound volume with typescript, AM

"Abraham Lincoln," 2 p. 1865

2 p., in bound volume with typescript, AM frag.

Leaf in Whitman's hand, bearing many corrections, concerning Hollandic and English elements in his nature no date

Leaf in Whitman's hand, in pencil, with corrections, describing in third person his manner of composing Leaves of Grass . no date