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Designed by Whitman to resemble the etching of "Death's Door" by William Blake, the tomb was constructed
From comments by George Curtis on Drum-Taps to William Dean Howells's editorial on November Boughs, the
Gertrude Traubel and William White. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1982.Whitman, Walt.
Here Jordan offers a revisionist reading of Whitman as "the one white father who shares the systematic
disadvantages of his heterogeneous offspring" (Passion x), the one "white father" who could effectively
Wesley A.BrittonEverson, William (Brother Antoninus) (1912–1994)Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)
Everson, William. Birth of a Poet: The Santa Cruz Meditations. Ed. Lee Bartlett.
Everson, William (Brother Antoninus) (1912–1994)
HuckGutmanWilliams, William Carlos (1883–1963)Williams, William Carlos (1883–1963) The influence of Walt
Whitman's poetic practice on William Carlos Williams was both seminal and immensely rich.
William Carlos Williams: An American Artist. New York: Oxford UP, 1970. Tapscott, Stephen.
American Beauty: William Carlos Williams and the Modernist Whitman. New York: Columbia UP, 1984.
Williams, William Carlos (1883–1963)
PhyllisMcBrideShakespeare, William (1564–1616)Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) The author of two lyric
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
William Cookson. London: Faber and Faber, 1973. Willard, Charles B.
provocative, and American Renaissance remains today a critical force in Whitman studies.Bibliography Cain, William
New York: William Sloane, 1955. Ellmann, Richard. James Joyce. New York: Oxford UP, 1959.
White. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Gibson, Ian. Federico García Lorca: 2.
Conner, Frederick William.
Walt Whitman's Champion: William Douglas O'Connor. College Station: Texas A&M UP, 1978.
William M. Curtin. 2 vols. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1970. Comeau, Paul.
MartinBidneyBlake, William (1757–1827)Blake, William (1757–1827) Introspective psychological mythmaker
and political as well as cosmic visionary, poet-artist William Blake wrote and illustrated verse of
Blake, William. The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. Rev. ed. Ed. David V. Erdman.
William Blake and the Moderns. Ed. Robert J. Bertholf and Annette S. Levitt.
Blake, William (1757–1827)
Blodgett, Arthur Golden, and William White. Vol. 3. New York: New York UP, 1980. ____.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. Pennell, Elizabeth Robins.
London: William Heinemann, 1893. Stovall, Floyd. The Foreground of "Leaves of Grass".
of weeks in 1863, Trowbridge spent a good deal of time with Whitman along with John Burroughs and William
The Major married Naomi (Amy) Williams and, after her death, remarried.
Stephen A.CooperWilliams, Captain JohnWilliams, Captain John Captain John Williams, great-grandfather
As a young man Williams served under John Paul Jones on the Bon Homme Richard; notably, he fought in
Williams's daughter, Naomi ("Amy") Williams Van Velsor, told Whitman of his great-grandfather's sea adventures
Williams, Captain John
William A.PannapackerLincoln, Abraham (1809–1865)Lincoln, Abraham (1809–1865) Abraham Lincoln was the
William Barton, in his study of the two men, shows that these events are probably fabrications.
Their literary styles were both influenced by the Bible, William Shakespeare, Thomas Paine, and Robert
With the aid of supporters like William D.
Coyle, William, ed. The Poet and the President: Whitman's Lincoln Poems. New York: Odyssey, 1962.
1838 to the North, where he became active in the abolitionist movement, working with people like William
that required them to rethink their approach to life, literature, and politics.Bibliography Andrews, William
McFeely, William S. Frederick Douglass. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. Sundquist, Eric J., ed.
Influenced in his early work, including the volume White Buildings (1926), by the French symbolists,
Conner, Frederick William.
William A.PannapackerWashington, George (1732–1799)Washington, George (1732–1799) A Virginia planter,
language heavily influenced major romantic writers in nineteenth-century Europe and America, including William
New York: William Sloane Associates, 1955. Chase, Richard Volney (1914–1962)
In 1867 Whitman and Conway corresponded concerning an edition of Whitman's poems which William M.
Douglas's bill was perceived as a threat by Northern abolitionists and working class whites because it
(Gross's widowed daughter-in-law married Whitman's doctor, William Osler.)
Walt Whitman and Sir William Osler: A Poet and His Physician. Toronto: ECW, 1995. Rule, Henry B.
He translated just ten poems from William M.
For the Whitman community and especially William O'Connor, Freiligrath's interest in Whitman was a source
William A.PannapackerFurness, Clifton Joseph (1898–1946)Furness, Clifton Joseph (1898–1946) Born on 30
family and visited them, but the connection apparently dissolved in the 1870s.Bibliography Howells, William
Gertrude Traubel and William White. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1982; Vol. 7. Ed.
grandfather, Jesse Whitman, and Hicks had been friendly as youths, and his maternal grandmother, Naomi Williams
wilder beast from West" in Hopkins's sonnet "Andromeda" (1879) is a direct reference to Whitman, and William
Templeman, William Darby. "Hopkins and Whitman: Evidence of Influence and Echoes."
JoelMyersonHotten, John Camden (1832–1873)Hotten, John Camden (1832–1873) John Camden Hotten was born John William
In 1867 he engaged William Michael Rossetti to edit a selection of Whitman's writings for twenty-five
Rechel-White, Julie A. "Longfellow's Influence on Whitman's 'Rise' from Manhattan Island."
William A.PannapackerLowell, James Russell (1819–1891)Lowell, James Russell (1819–1891) Poet, editor,
Calder's first husband, William Douglas O'Connor (married 22 October 1856), invited Whitman to live with
Shortly after meeting O'Connor, she introduced him to the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, which William
By William Douglas O'Connor. Toronto: Henry S. Saunders, 1927. i–ix. ———. Myrtilla Miner: A Memoir.
"William O'Connor and Walt Whitman." The Conservator 17 (1906): 42. Freedman, Florence Bernstein.
William Douglas O'Connor: Walt Whitman's Chosen Knight. Athens: Ohio UP, 1985.
William (1849–1919)Osler, Dr.
William (1849–1919) Born in Bond Head, Ontario, Canada, Osler graduated from the McGill University medical
The Life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1925. Leon, Philip W.
Walt Whitman and Sir William Osler: A Poet and His Physician. Toronto: ECW, 1995. Traubel, Horace.
William (1849–1919)
Pennell did illustrations for many well-known writers, including George Washington Cable, William Dean
novelists, musicians, and poets is staggering: Honoré de Balzac, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, William
Horace Traubel reports that Whitman asked two friends, William Sloane Kennedy and Dr.
Harvard, but his apparent silence in the face of abusive attacks in the press by Whitman's defender, William
William Douglas O'Connor: Walt Whitman's Chosen Knight. Athens: Ohio UP, 1985. Loving, Jerome.
Walt Whitman's Champion: William Douglas O'Connor. College Station: Texas A&M UP, 1978.
In his satirical review of William Douglas O'Connor's The Good Gray Poet in the Round Table, Stoddard
Whitman speculated that Stoddard and New York Tribune drama critic William Winter had collaborated on
O'Connor, William. The Good Gray Poet: A Vindication. New York: Bunce and Huntington, 1866.
Rev. of The Good Gray Poet, by William Douglas O'Connor. Round Table 3 (1866): 37. Whitman, Walt.
whether Whitman read Swedenborg or simply was acquainted with him through other sources, most notably William
His William Blake (1868) includes a favorable comparison of Blake and Whitman, noting their identical
Noting that they both have flaws, Swinburne calls William Blake's work more profound but finds Whitman's
Published in 1887, "Whitmania" is a far cry from the admiration expressed in William Blake.
London: White, 1872. ———. "Whitmania." Fortnightly Review ns 42 (1887): 170–176.
William Blake: A Critical Essay. London: Hotten, 1868. Rpt. in Walt Whitman: The Critical Heritage.
Born in Scotland, as was his brother William, he resided there until the family's migration to Canada
"Whitman and William Swinton." American Literature 30 (1959): 425–449. Hyman, Martin D.
White, William. "Whitman and John Swinton: Some Unpublished Correspondence."