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Whitman's 1855 Leaves of Grass: Another Contemporary View

Len Gougeon

Abstract

Explores the reaction of James Elliot Cabot to a copy of the 1855 Leaves of Grass, loaned to him by his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson; prints Cabot's letter to Emerson describing his mixed reaction to Whitman.

Rights

Copyright © 1983 by The University of Iowa.

Recommended Citation

Gougeon, Len. "Whitman's 1855 Leaves of Grass: Another Contemporary View." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 1 (June 1983), 37-39.

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