Walt Whitman Quarterly Review

Authors

Scott Giantvalley

Article Title

Strict, Straight Notions of Literary Propriety: Thomas Wentworth Higginson's Gradual Unbending to Walt Whitman

Abstract

Traces Thomas Wentworth Higginson's gradual evolution from enemy and detractor of Whitman's poetry to seemingly enthusiastic supporter of at least some of Whitman's work; analyzes extracts from Higginson's correspondence regarding Whitman and proposes reasons for the critic's change of heart.

Rights

Copyright © 1987 by The University of Iowa.

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Season

Spring