2.4 Leaves of Grass: secondary sources

R. W. B. Lewis

Whitman and The American Adam:
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Henry Seidel Canby and Gay Wilson Allen

Two great biographies of Whitman:
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Fernando Alegría

Jorge Luis Borges.

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Whitman and Borges:
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Alan Trachtenberg

Alan Trachtenberg writes about Whitman’s influence on modern poets in his essay “Walt Whitman: Precipitant of the Modern” (GREENSPAN, 1997, pp.194-207).
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Ruth L. Bohan: the connection between Isadora Duncan and Whitman

Isadora Duncan, American dancer
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Ruth L. Bohan on Isadora Duncan and Whitman:
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Ed Folsom

Ed Folsom on Whitman’s portraits:
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Sherry Ceniza

Suffrage parade, New York City, May 6, 1912
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Whitman and women’s rights:
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Ezra Greenspan

Whitman and the present participles:
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