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Higginson wondered why the book had not been suppressed: he saw "no good in [this] publication, except
and rude muscle," to a physically weak counting-room clerk who labors day-in-and-day-out over his books
But it was written in the book of fate that Whitman's two greatest enemies (Horace Traubel & Wm D.
Osgood on 1 March 1882: "We are of the opinion that this book is such a book as brings it within the
Harry Stecopoulos and Michael Uebel (Durham, N.C.: Duke Univ. Press, 1997), 71–115.
Price have written, this fact is evidence that Whitman "was obviously confused about what form his book
The problem with the 1867 edition of , however, is that because each of the 4 books-within-a-book is
The book's four title pages list three different dates and two different places.
"—or only to the first book.
making than in book writing: the way books are made—that always excites my curiosity: the way books
Counts in the book.”
“If that is so then I must read the book: it must be one of our books. . . .
The book—the book: that was always the thing.
The Taint of Books The best man in the world is the man who has absorbed books—great books—made the most
Now I am at bay—the last mile is driven: but the book—the book is safe!’”
missing, yet to be discovered, that no doubt will turn up within days of publication, rendering the book
publications of Whitman's poems, but it ended up dealing only with the book publications, leaving the
With book technology, again, there was a hesitation to put the monumental editions to press for fear
Still, those books are the basis of what we know about Whitman, and they are embedded now in the last
So much of the labor of book-editions of were devoted to the process of turning materials—manuscripts