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[Having by his domestic infelicities]

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  • Title: [Having by his domestic infelicities]
  • Date: 10 February 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.00961
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 10 February 1858: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
  • Contributors to digital file: Kaylen Michaelis Cassandra Jannel Simms Stefan Schöberlein Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "[Having by his domestic infelicities]." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 16 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.00961.xml (TEI)
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☞Having by his domestic infelicities much reason to upbraid womankind, it is to the credit of Shakspeare and the women of his time, that in all his plays we find but three inconstant dames—the false Greek Cressida1 and Lear’s cruel daughters. Had he lived now, would his female-pictures have been so flattering? Alas, we fear not!

Notes:

1. In Greek mythology, Cressida was a Trojan maiden associated with tales of the Trojan War, such as Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (n.00155). [back]

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