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His memory had "played" him "tricks before," "but never one equal to this."

I picked up a picture from the box by the fire: a Washington picture: W. and Peter Doyle photoed together

C. 1865—Walt Whitman & his rebel soldier friend Peter Doyle."

so called, took a form that could be explained if not justified: the memory is a strange creature—plays

far, and wonderful it is, too: I have seen Marie Wainwright—liked her very much: seen her in Boker's play—Francesca

a good, faithful fellow: and there was a musi-musician cian, too: I used to run round and hear him play

with him, & a mild orgie, just for a basis, you know, for talk & interchange of reminiscences & the play

right relation of man himself, & all his body, by which I mean all that he is, & all its laws & the play

of them, to Nature & its laws & the play of them.

He played a bit with his big penknife. Finally he broke out: "God bless you all, whoever you are!

I looked into half a dozen pages of the preface and the beginning of each of the three plays, in no case

It was at that time, in Washington, that I got to know Peter Doyle—a Rebel, a car-driver, a soldier:

W. said again: "Hugo's immortal works were the dramas, the plays, the poems: least accessible, yet greatest

They had played Raff's "Lenore" Symphony among other things.Evening, 8:00.

As they said in the play I used to go and hear when I was a young fellow there in New York—'let these

He also reviewed plays and opera and occasional ballet presented in New York theater houses.

Whole letters were published by Bucke in Calamus, which contains Whitman's letters to Peter Doyle, and

At this time, the first two volumes of a projected five are scheduled for publication by Peter Lang Press

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter

own personal reflections in his notebooks around 1870 in which he anguishes over his affection for Peter

The extensive body of letters Whitman wrote to Civil War soldiers, and especially Peter Doyle, usually

His affectionate bond with Peter Doyle, the Washington, D.C., streetcar conductor he met in late 1865

Antipathy has reached inspired heights in such writers as Peter Bayne and Knut Hamsun, and this makes

Nonetheless, in a letter to Peter Doyle remarking on the commencement, Whitman seemed to feel his poem

It is useful to remember Whitman's love of dictionaries when reading his poems, for his words often play

his book published, Whitman made his own arrangements and, on 1 April 1865, signed a contract with Peter

And it in turn solidified his conviction that the teacher played a pivotal role in their education.

the culture and literature it so thoroughly permeated, had become enervated, that it had at last played

New World receives with joy the poems of the antique, with European feudalism's rich fund of epics, plays

based on "new developments in the human nervous system" (Das dritte Reich, 1900; Die Suchenden, 1902; Peter

years later in France with Bertz, Bazalgette, and others as active participants—Whitman continued to play

Appropriate for a poem about music, the sound effects are multiple, striking, and subtle (e.g., the play

Awakening, Protestant pulpit style, particularly that of evangelicals, became freer and more varied and played

A brief review of how Whitman's attitudes evolved makes clear the significant role slavery plays in his

When he died, Whitman left Stafford his silver watch, originally intended for Peter Doyle.  

Peters. 3 vols. Detroit: Wayne State UP, 1967–1969.____. Memoirs of John Addington Symonds. Ed.

Bemoaning lover problems, Whitman in 1870 compared Vaughan with Peter Doyle, admonishing himself: "Remember

friendships with Charles Eldridge, Lewy Brown, William and Ellen O'Connor, John and Ursula Burroughs, and Peter

critical biography, Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (1867).Whitman found friendship with Peter

That is, Whitman could see the role society played in formulating a person's view of self and of others

In Jeff's youth, Walt helped him learn to read, played games with him, and stimulated his love of music

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter

Its London agent, William Horsell, would play a part in establishing Whitman's English reputation.

newspapers; edited several books, including Authors at Home (1888); and wrote a novel, a couple of plays

.: Peter Smith, 1972. British Romantic Poets

It was also in Brooklyn that the youthful Whitman saw two more figures who would later play an important

The poem serves as a summation of Whitman's career and poses a tableau wherein the light and dark playing

1860), "Waves" receives little critical attention, but it chronicles a moment in the poet's life and plays

silent") and the abiding quality of his commitment to that struggle in spite of setback ("the powerful play

In spite of the vital role the landscape plays in Canadian literature and the need for a cosmic vision

democracy.Some critical interest (e.g., Howard Waskow, John Schwiebert) has focused on the roles readers play

Whitman had earlier called this poem "Washington's First Battle," referring to the part played by the

November Boughs (1888), and Good-Bye My Fancy (1891) are important Whitman sources for the names of plays

Whitman called Cushman the greatest performer he had seen and admired her for playing any role that would

toward Forrest, however, and barely mentions Macready in his articles.Thomas Hamblin (1800–1853) played

Kemble (1809–1893) impressed Whitman in his early days; he claims to have seen her every night she played

Moreover, playing both Adam and Eve, Whitman's persona gives birth to himself as a poet as well.The things

Similarly, Whitman's Adam is strong, vigorous, and sexual, with limbs quivering with the fire "that ever plays

In 1865 Whitman engaged Peter Eckler to print the first issue of Drum-Taps but after Abraham Lincoln's

New York: Peter Smith, 1932. Art and Daguerreotype Galleries

news and the Shakespeare controversy, agreeing that the Stratford actor was not the author of the plays

Peter Van Egmond. Hartford: Transcendental Books, 1972. Traubel, Horace.

He was a minor but colorful poet whose romantic verse, plays, and prose mainly glorified the West.

Menken played a deposed prince.

Christian (1870–1950) Jan Christian Smuts was an influential South African leader and prime minister who played

His initial success was followed by a prolific series of poems, novels, and plays.

Calamus: A Series of Letters Written during the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter