Passage to Modernity: Leaves of Grass and the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York

Ed Cutler

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1608

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Passage to Modernity: Leaves of Grass and the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York

Abstract

Provides a historical background of the London (1851) and New York (1853) Crystal Palace Exhibitions and, situating Whitman's response in relation to global contemporaries including Dostoevsky and Benjamin, argues for the importance of Whitman's attendance at the New York exhibition as an influence on Leaves of Grass.

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How to Cite: Cutler, E. (1998) “Passage to Modernity: Leaves of Grass and the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 16(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1608