Abstract
Compares Whitman and Johnson as “the oldest, wisest, and well-acknowledged leaders of their circle of close friends” and explores their mutual love of “affectionate conviviality and comradeship,” apparent especially in Whitman’s “late poem, ‘After the Supper and Talk,’” with its “poignant, even uncanny, affinity to Johnson’s thoughts, feelings, and habits.”
How to Cite:
Meyers, J., (2009) “Samuel Johnson and Walt Whitman”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 26(4), 213-215. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1876
Rights: Copyright © 2009 Jeffrey Meyers
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