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1921), nature writer, literary critic, and author of Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867); Peter
The Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays is composed of approximately 250,000 volumes of American
and Canadian poetry, plays, and vocal music dating from 1609 to the present day.
Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Catalog of the Walt Whitman Literary Manuscripts in the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays
Whitman saw in New York in the 1850s, and who Whitman mentions in the section of Specimen Days entitled Plays
Play up there! the fit is whirling me fast."
This manuscript contains notes about the characters and physical traits of three men: Bill Guess, Peter
fol.00003xxx.00465S.b.89What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays?
[manuscript], ca. 1884What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays?
leaveshandwritten; A late-stage manuscript of Whitman's essay What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays
What lurks behind Shakespeare's historical plays?
Whitman referred to Mario in Specimen Days & Collect, published in 1882-1883, in the passages entitled Plays
several notes that scholars have identified as autobiographical comments on Whitman's relationship with Peter
In this particular manuscript, Whitman lists figures such as "Peter the Hermit" and "The Popes."
9Doyle, Peter.
humility's book]1868poetryhandwritten2 leaves; A draft of a poem on the verso of an 1868 draft letter to Peter
28"The Play-Ground" (1846), draftloc.07421xxx.01143far.
On the back of the leaf (loc.00264) is a draft of Whitman's early poem The Play-Ground, which was published
The title The Play-Ground is written vertically along the left side of this leaf, presumably labeling
28The Play-Ground (1846).
A.MS. draft.loc.00264xxx.00741The Play-GroundAbout 1846poetryhandwritten1 leaf20 x 16.5 cm; A draft of
the early poem The Play-Ground, nearly as it appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on June 1, 1846 (during
The Play-Ground