A Whitman chronology / Joann P. Krieg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krieg, Joann P.

Series:

Iowa Whitman Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, American--19th century--Chronology.

Poets, American.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Chronology.

Whitman, Walt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All Whitman scholars have encountered the frustration of trying to track down an event in Whitman's life-the last time he saw Peter Doyle, when he moved to his own home on Mickle Street in Camden, when he met Oscar Wilde. The records of these events in Whitman's long life are buried in seven volumes of his abundant correspondence, in nine volumes of his conversations with Horace Traubel, in nine volumes of his notebooks and manuscripts, and in countless writings produced by his friends and admirers. To fulfill a long-felt need for order among this embarrassment of riches, Joann

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Significant Dates; Biographical Notes on Significant Persons; Abbreviations; 1. 1819-1854; 2. 1855-1859; 3. 1860-1863; 4. 1864-1867; 5. 1868-1875; 6. 1876-1880; 7. 1881-1887; 8. 1888-1892; Epilogue; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781587292880

1587292882

OCLC:

50406590