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7 ANNEX: Origins of Attempted Secession


ANNEX: Origins of Attempted Secession ORIGINS OF ATTEMPTED SECESSION Walt Whitman “Not the whole matter, but some side facts worth conning to-day and any day. I CONSIDER the war of attempted secession, 1860–65, not as a struggle of two distinct … Continue reading

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REVISIONS, PERCEPTION, MOVEMENT, CHANGE


REVISIONS, PERCEPTION, MOVEMENT, CHANGE — — There has been much controversy (see Roy Harvey Pearce, “Whitman Justified: The Poet in 1860″, in Modern Critical Views, 1985) about the changes made by Whitman in Leaves of Grass during his life. His … Continue reading

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