Content:
A partial draft of "Old Poets," first published in
North American Review
(November 1890). It was reprinted under the title, "Old Poets and the New Poetry" in
Pall Mall Gazette
(17 November 1890), before it appeared in
Good-Bye My Fancy
(1891) and again in
Complete Prose Works
(1892).
Content:
Notes about historical examples of extreme reactions against seemingly
unobjectionable works and practices. Whitman used these ideas in "Old Poets," which was first published in
1888 in
November Boughs
and
later reprinted in
Complete Prose Works
(1892).
Content:
A draft of Whitman's essay "Old Poets," with handwritten printer's instructions at the top of the first leaf. The essay was first printed in the
North American Review
in November 1890 and later reprinted in the
Pall Mall Gazette
(17 November 1890) and in
Good-Bye My Fancy
(1891).
