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

Jerome Loving

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1819

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

Abstract

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