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Osgood's Folly: The Sixth Edition of Leaves of Grass

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Examines the relationship between Whitman and his 1881 Boston publisher, James Ripley Osgood, emphasizing their early acquaintance at Pfaff's beer hall in New York and re-examining the 1882 controversy over the "banning" of Leaves of Grass in Boston.

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Loving, J., (2006) “Osgood's Folly: The Sixth Edition of Leaves of Grass”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 24(2/3), 118-125. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1819

Rights: Copyright © 2006 Jerome Loving

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2006-10-01

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