[Terry L Smith]

I did not enjoy reading Whitman’s works in high school.

Now, Robert Service was a much better reading.

[iowamark]

Walt Whitman Quarterly:

http://ir.uiowa.edu/wwqr/

[AndyJackson]

Thanks. Fascinating story. I do mind the characterization of Leaves of Grass as "expansive poems that spill freely across the page, overflowing with rich and earthy images and a democratic, inclusive spirit"

As near as I can tell "inclusiveness" is code language used by the left to legitimize excluding those who have the mistaken moral orientation that they believe folks out to work for a living, in other words contribute through labor or other deeds to the well-being [especially material] of the society in which they live [food, shelter, health, parenting, educating, etc.]

[PAR35]

Here’s the ad in question. Top of the page, 4th column, right under the date.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1852-03-13/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1851&index=0&rows=20&words=ENGLE+JACK&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=New+York&date2=1853&proxtext=Jack+Engle&y=19&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

[rstrahan]

He has his doctoral wrapped up. just write up the discoveries.

[Tax-chick]

I admire Walt Whitman’s writing. I carried the Dover addition of “Civil War Poetry and Prose” around for months, reading it in every spare moment, including to Cub Scouts who fell behind during day camp hikes. “If you don’t keep up, we’ll be stuck here in the woods while I read poetry!”

I look forward to Dover’s bringing out these newly discovered works.

[MarvinStinson]

“He is, along with Emily Dickinson, our major 19th-century American poet — and arguably, one of our first modern poets,” Enniss said.

GARBAGE.

Edgar Allen Poe is by far the most significant US poet.