Discoveries

1855: A Stop-Press Revision

Author:

Abstract

Discovers two variants of line 1118 of the 1855 poem eventually entitled "Song of Myself," indicating that Whitman interrupted the printing of the first edition of Leaves of Grass to make a significant revision.

Keywords:

How to Cite: Schmidgall, G. (2000) “1855: A Stop-Press Revision”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 18(1/2). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1637