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Whitman's tenure at the Brooklyn Daily Times paralleled the seemingly inexorable breakdown of the American

broad-based prosperity, a position he used to successfully secure the presidency in the election of 1860

As Whitman recalled to Horace Traubel in 1889 , "we were originally Democrats, but when the time came

we went over with a vengeance: it was no role, no play, for us: we were at once what the church would

Politics Journal of American History 2023 110 3 419–48 Lause, Mark A.

Waterworks constitutes one of his longest sets of texts published between the second (1856) and third (1860

Brooklyn Daily Times editorials, note that Whitman "fought for a good system of waterworks for the city

flimsy, cheap and temporary series of works that would have long since broken down, and disgraced the city

In 1858, for instance, as the city council debated a revision to the ongoing construction, the project

and suggest that while the late 1850s may have been a period of struggle for Whitman the poet they were

residents of the town of Williamsburgh, along the East River across from the Lower East Side of New York City

When Williamsburgh was incorporated into the city of Brooklyn in 1854, the paper changed its name to

incorporation into Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Daily Times became one of the three daily papers for the city

By 1860, the Eagle , according to its own reckoning, had a circulation of 6,200 daily readers, while

Nevertheless, soon after its rebranding, the Daily Times won a city contract to serve as the official

range of contexts" and there "is evidence he befriended some of the officers he met; [as such] they were

Times served as Whitman's primary, though not exclusive, employer between the second (1856) and third (1860

Whitman's writings on policing for the Brooklyn Daily Times come at a crucial moment in the history of American

While this transition was relatively smooth in Brooklyn, it led to outright rioting in New York City,

Few Impressions of Walt Whitman The Conservator June 1896 57 Greenspan, Ezra Walt Whitman and the American

reception introduction • 3 of Whitman had a remarkable impact on the American one.

For example, the first collection dedicated to American litera- ture in Italy, which came out in 1884

simple because they were strong—they were great because they were healthy.”

Another case in this sense is that of the poem “City of Orgies.”

For Walt, through Naturism, even American democracy became an expressive problem.

TheDisenthralledHostsofFreedom” IowaWhitmanSeries EdFolsom,serieseditor university of iowa press ,iowa city

Wilentz shows how “the versions of American republicanism multiplied, as men of different backgrounds

“TheChicagoConvention,”Buffalo(NY)MorningExpress,May16, 1860,p.2,col.1.

:H.Dayton,1860.

“Whitmanin1850:ThreeUncollectedArticles.”American Literature19,no.4(January1948):301–17.

Above all, it was the contributions of American artists that piqued his editorial interest.

He focused in particular on the growing presence of American artists in exhibitions hosted by such prominent

institutions as the Brooklyn Institute, the American Art-Union, the National Academy of Design, and

Free exhibitions such as those organized by the American Art-Union drew special praise as did the sale

Historical subjects, portraits, biblical scenes, city views, botanical specimens, genre scenes, fashion

My first impressions, architectural, &c. were not favorable; but upon the whole, the city, the spaces,

Culture (Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1992), 8. x  The city’s monuments were of special

The possibilities for African American life were unresolved at this time, as were the possibilities for

Washington’s black population tripled by 1870, jumping from 19 percent of the city’s total population

Mapping American Culture. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1992. French, R. W.

After 1860, Whitman's narrative strategy veers in the opposite direction.

The song satirized the American craze pervading Italy at that time.

The book opens of course with a "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American."

On the whole it sounds to me very brave & American after whatever deductions.

Whereupon we went and had a good dinner at the American House.

In 1963-65 he was an Instructor in Italian Language and Literature at Columbia University, New York City

As his interest in Anglo-American Literature grew, between 1965 and 1990 he taught full courses at Bocconi

concentrating on Puritanism (I Puritani d'America, Cuem, Milan, 1972; enlarged, Aracne, Rome, 2009) and the "American

In 1987-91 he held the chair of American Literature at the University of Messina (Co-editor, with Giuseppe

This essay originates from and summates Corona's previous work on Whitman and on the authors of the American

“I dreamed in a dream of a city where all men were like brothers,” Whitman wrote in the poem that would

invincible”) are now inscribed on the Camden city hall (LG 1860, 373).

On the eve of the American Civil War in the 1860 Leaves of Grass, Whitman is no longer singing an actu

at the time of the founding were be- ginning to tear the American union apart at the seams.

,moreardent,more general,” Whitman presents the 1860 Leaves of Grass as the “New Bible” of the American

As nearly exact contemporaries with roots in NewYork City—both men were born there in 1819—Herman Melville

From then until dawn, a total of sixteen shots were fired on the city, ten of which were incen- diary

The jubilant Afri - can Americans who greeted Lincoln during his daring visit to the city only a day

Harris, In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863, 279–288. 13.

In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in NewYork City, 1626–1863.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Herrick and Ropes had famously decided that he was "the laziest fellow who ever undertook to edit a city

quit the paper, after which he publicly declared Herrick and Ropes "two as dirty fellows, as ever were

the poet writes "Manly Health and Training" not only as a paean to the potential of the everyday American

Emerson and Higginson—Waldo and Wentworth, as they were known to their friends—were two of the most formidable

In the turn the American Puritans then gave to it, these correlations were extended further from innerselftoouterself

When read in relation to their pre-1860 versions, the poet’s later revi- sions of the 1860 poems, in

Press, 1962); Stephen John Mack, PragmaticWhitman: Reimagining American Democ- racy (Iowa City: University

Tompkins, Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of American Fiction, 1790–1860 (NewYork: Oxford University

Not profit-based (though books were also sold), the distribution efforts of the American Bible Society

“American books, the physical objects as well as the texts and ideas, were exported around the globe

Mail and American Citizen (which were generally positive about the poet), the Charleston (S.C.)

See American Institute of the City of New York, Thirty-Second Annual Report of the American Institute

[John Reuben Thompson], “A New American Poem,” Southern Field and Fireside (9 June 1860): 20.

Genocide and disease decimated Native American populations.

He would soon discover, however, that the American public were even less tolerant than their British

Whitman, LG 1860, 342–43. 16. All poems were originally untitled in the 1855 edition.

A disproportionate number of anatomical subjects were African American, Indian, or Irish.

“The Gory New York City Riot That Shaped American Medicine.” The Smithsonian, June 17, 2014. Web.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

1841), where he played a bemused urban observer of doings in the countryside, proved untenable in the city

Whitman's arrival at the Aurora coincided with Charles Dickens' visit to New York City in 1842.

the debate over the bill to pry Irish Catholic support away from the Democratic Party in New York City

Protestant-inflected curriculum of the Public School Society, led the fight for the Maclay Bill in the city

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Others, it seems, were rarely reprinted at all.

The stories were soon circulated widely again since they were then reprinted, with the accompanying illustrations

were designated as having been authored by "W.

The Dollar Newspaper , "Pay of American Writers."

The publishers were likely more generous with well-known writers than they were with Whitman, but The

The teaching assignments were for three-month terms and, like many schoolteachers during the early nineteenth

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

poems and essays, letters to and from members of Whitman's family, and commentary on contemporary American

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Rare Books & Special Collections

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Rare Books & Special Collections, Thomas

Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century American Literature, Rare Books & Special Collections, Thomas

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

.; Walt Whitman's papers were divided among his three literary executors, Richard M.

Whitman's personal habits were such that he wrote and collected his notes in a casual and unsystematic

1942, a group of Whitman notebooks from the Harned collection, along with other national treasures, were

material from storage in 1944, it was discovered that ten Whitman notebooks and a cardboard butterfly were

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Manuscripts; Poets, American--19th century

It was the first of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

In fact, four of the five most often reprinted pieces of Whitman's short fiction were first published

"Pay of American Writers," The Dollar Newspaper , September 13, 1843, [3].

Both the Madison Weekly Herald and The Dollar Newspaper were correct in their assessment of the wide

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

complete article, which focuses primarily on Whitman's life and writing in the late 1850s and early 1860s

, "To the Editor of the Boston Morning Post," Boston Morning Post, August 4, 1841, [2].; "Pay of American

Magazine), and "The Boy-Lover" (January 4–5, 1848; previously printed with the same title in The American

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story was reprinted in The American

It was the second of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Bervance in " Bervance: or, Father and Son " and even the unsympathetic Unrelenting, a Native American

in the School-Room,' contributed by the same writer to a preceding number of the Democratic Review, were

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Masculinity in 1840s Temperance Narratives," in Sentimental Men: Masculinity and the Politics of Affect in American

A Fact"), and "The Boy-Lover" (January 4–5, 1848; previously printed with the same title in The American

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845), about two months after the story was reprinted in The American

It was the seventh of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

In fact, four of the five most often reprinted pieces of Whitman's short fiction were first published

In the article, the writer claims, "Recently were published, the sketch of 'Death in the School Room'

and a 'Legend of Life and Love,' both of which, as they respectively appeared, were copied by three

"Pay of American Writers," The Dollar Newspaper , September 13, 1843, [3].

.; "Pay of American Writers," The Dollar Newspaper, September 13, 1843, [3].; For more information about

A Fact"), and "The Boy-Lover" (January 4–5, 1848; previously printed with the same title in The American

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story was published in The American

Whitman worked as a compositor for the paper in May 1841 after he moved from Long Island to New York City

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

Masculinity in 1840s Temperance Narratives," in Sentimental Men: Masculinity and the Politics of Affect in American

Bervance in " Bervance: or, Father and Son ," and the vengeful, unwavering Native American chief, the

Masculinity in 1840s Temperance Narratives," in Sentimental Men: Masculinity and the Politics of Affect in American

The story's narrator is a young man who meets the widow when he is on respite from the city, and Whitman

begins the tale by expounding upon the merits of the rural village and the vices of the city, revealing

The tale was even reprinted in the British journal The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal

See Walter Whitman, "The Tomb-Blossoms," The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal 1 (July

On the same date as the illustrated "Posthumous Sketch" reprints were published, October 23, 1892, The

.; See Walter Whitman, "The Tomb-Blossoms," The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal 1 (

It was the fifth of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

On May 27, 1869, portions of "The Last of the Sacred Army" were reprinted as part of a newspaper article

the Sacred Army of the Revolution, written by a now venerable and highly respected citizen of this city

Tribune (Daily) (Salt Lake City, UT) and in the Salt Lake Weekly Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) on June

The illustrated versions of the story, as well as the repeated insistence that the later reprints were

It was the sixth of nine short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the eight

He shows neither mercy nor sympathy for the American armies or for the local civilians.

Likewise, when he and his younger son were several miles from home, the elder Slade had too much to drink

Slade and Reuben were out in the cold rain, and Reuben became an invalid because he never entirely recovered

Experience meetings were important parts of Washington temperance societies' compassionate approach to

Washington temperance societies, which were named after George Washington, were part of the Washingtonian

Holloway announced both finds in the January 1956 issue of American Literature .

"Temperance in the Bed of a Child," in Dependent States: The Child's Part in Nineteenth-Century American

Masculinity in 1840s Temperance Narratives," in Sentimental Men: Masculinity and the Politics of Affect in American

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 24, 1842, [2].; See Emory Holloway, "More Temperance Tales by Whitman," American

It was the third of nine Whitman short stories that were published for the first time in the journal—the

children, the violent, drunken sailor in " The Child's Champion ," and the vengeful, unwavering Native American

The major plot events of Whitman's "The Reformed" were not altered for the later printing as "Little

Marchion's, which were often shared at "experience meetings," was an important part of the Washington

The Washington temperance societies, part of the Washingtonian temperance movement, were popular in New

The New York City printer Benjamin H. Day founded The Sun in 1833.

See Anthony Fellow, "Benjamin Day and The New York Sun " in American Media History (Boston: Wadsworth

The major plot events of Whitman's "The Reformed" were not altered for the later printing as "Little

"; See Anthony Fellow, "Benjamin Day and The New York Sun" in American Media History (Boston: Wadsworth

A Fact"), and "The Boy-Lover" (January 4–5, 1848; previously printed with the same title in The American

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

"Temperance in the Bed of a Child," in Dependent States: The Child's Part in Nineteenth-Century American

the novel, an "antiquarian"—an expert on local history in New York—relates the tale of a Native American

son, Wind-Foot, to main character Franklin Evans on the journey from rural Long Island to New York City

antiquarian prefaces the story with a warning about the detrimental effects of alcohol on Native Americans

The American Review was a monthly journal published in New York and edited by George H.

Stephen Rachman, " American Whig Review ," in Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia , 20.

.; Wesley Allen Riddle, "Culture and Politics: The American Whig Review, 1845–1852," Humanitas 8.1 (1995

): 44.; Riddle, "Culture and Politics," 46.; Stephen Rachman, "American Whig Review," in Walt Whitman

: An Encyclopedia, 20.; Riddle, "Culture and Politics," 48.; "Introductory," The American Review: A Whig

A Fact"), and "The Boy-Lover" (January 4–5, 1848; previously printed with the same title in The American

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

Belief in spirits formed the foundation of modern American spiritualism, a popular nineteenth-century

See Frank Luther Mott, "The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American Magazines

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

it was reprinted under the title "A Spirit Record" in The Press (Philadelphia, PA) on January 20, 1860

A description of The American Historical Annual can be found in Joel Myerson's bibliography of Whitman's

Belief in spirits formed the foundation of modern American spiritualism, a popular nineteenth-century

moment.; See Frank Luther Mott, "The Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine," in A History of American

A Fact"), and "The Boy-Lover" (January 4–5, 1848; previously printed with the same title in The American

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

and Odd-Fellows' Literary Magazine 1.2 (May 1850), 63–64; "A Spirit Record," The Press, January 20, 1860

to the beginning of the story and changing the title to "The Boy-Lover" before sending it to The American

After "The Boy-Lover" was published in The American Review , Whitman later reprinted it under that title

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story appeared in The American

Several of the revisions Whitman made to the American Review version of "The Boy-Lover" (1845) prior

Two of Whitman's stories were reprinted in the Eagle before he became the paper's editor in March 1846

as a work of serial fiction (August 29–30, 1845) about two months after the story appeared in The American

Morse, who founded the paper after coming to New York City in order to establish a religious newspaper

"platform" was described as largely "the same as that of the National Benevolent Institutions that were

Frances Winwar, American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times (New York: Harper, 1941), 73.

.; Frances Winwar, American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times (New York: Harper, 1941), 73.; See Walt