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.: Peter Smith, 1972. lviii–lix n15. Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life.

alone, in my big old 2d story room "den," my young nurse man is down stairs practising practicing & playing

periodical pretends to cater to; but only, instead, put in to do the poet harm, the dull insults of Peter

Bayne—Peter Bayne, the purblind devotee of weak superstition, whose essays in criticism, marked by such

in his age, his poverty, his infirmity, no friend of his could desire a worthier tribute than fair play

Later, Whitman would get a first-hand report of the assassination from his friend Peter Doyle, an Irish

naked in the swimming-bath," the "embrace of love and resistance" of two young boy wrestlers, the "play

presents women as exceedingly sexual, for "mad filaments, ungovernable shoots" of erotic attraction play

Crossing" is a very visual poem, conveying a strong sense of particular detail, the play of light, and

In the first he is walking with Eve, content, taking delight in the "quivering fire that ever plays"

punishment, temperance, slavery, and health issues; and literature and the arts, including reviews of plays

Whitman explains the function of the "Passage to India" cluster in this way: "As in some ancient legend-play

Although Whitman was not an eyewitness, his close companion, Peter Doyle, was at Ford's Theater, and

.: Peter Smith, 1972. Long Islander

Conrad, Peter. The Art of the City. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1984. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed.

avoid seeing her, or meeting her" (Notebooks 2:889), he had originally written "him," referring to Peter

In the historical plays, Shakespeare undermines, perhaps unconsciously, the feudal system.

In English, slang functions like the clowns in Shakespeare's plays.

The moods awakened in him by music played and sung in the streets, in the theater and in private shaped

100,000 veterans from all corners of the United States.Whitman widened his circle of friends, meeting Peter

Kaplan's point is borne out by a brief and informative biography of Peter Doyle, Martin G.

Murray's "'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle" (1994), which sketches Whitman's relationship

"'Pete the Great': A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1-51. 

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

In January 1865, in his capacity as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Ashton played a

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

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

Murray Doyle, Peter (1843–1907) The romantic friendship that Walt Whitman shared with Peter Doyle embodied

Peter Doyle made a lasting contribution to Whitman biography in 1897 when he allowed Richard Maurice

Peter Doyle is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Martin G.

"Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12 (1994): 1–51.

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

Martin G.MurrayDoyle, Peter (1843–1907)Doyle, Peter (1843–1907)The romantic friendship that Walt Whitman

shared with Peter Doyle embodied the "love of comrades" celebrated in Whitman's "Calamus" poems.

Peter Doyle is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.Martin G.

"Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."

Doyle, Peter (1843–1907)

Sadakichi (ca. 1867–1944) Like the character he played in the 1924 film The Thief of Bagdad, Whitman

Sadakichi Hartmann played court magician to successive bohemian circles.

Allen sees the grandfather in this story as a variation on the cruel father theme that plays through

There is some humorous play in the sketch.

been a beautiful day—I am now sitting in my room, by the stove, but there is hardly need of a fire—Peter

A Parody," "Death of the Nature-Lover" (revision of "My Departure"), "The Play-Ground," "Ode," "The House

.: Peter Smith, 1972. Pride

Whitman's musical working of regularized accentual contours drawn from speech is able to contain the play

contemporary sources, including animal magnetism, phreno-magnetism, and phrenology.Though the various roles played

Schyberg concluded that Whitman remained identified with his mother throughout his life, and often played

.: Peter Smith, 1972. Reading, Whitman's

Yet in 1898, James finds Whitman's posthumously published letters to Peter Doyle in Calamus "positively

example, see "To Thee Old Cause" and "To a Certain Cantatrice"), and he envisioned the United States as playing

The rhetorician is interested in the ways that writers play on these different identities, highlighting

.: Peter Smith, 1972.____. Walt Whitman's Workshop: A Collection of Unpublished Manuscripts. Ed.

rejection of false identity ("the sham that was proposed to me" in 1860, originally "the costume, the play