Author: (Whitman, Walt). Burroughs, John.
Title: Whitman's Self-Reliance. Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers: 9.
Description: Philadelphia: November, 1894. 1894. Philadelphia: November, 1894. 1894. Very good. THE FIRST EDITION OF JOHN BURROUGH'S "WHITMAN'S SELF-RELIANCE" - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6-5/8 inches wide. Sewn printed self-wraps as issued. 8 pages, untrimmed and with wide margins, numbered 51 to 58. The top edge of the last page is darkened. Very good. First edition [BAL-2157]. RARE. John Burrough's wonderful tribute to Whitman was "read by Horace L. Traubel at the meeting of the Walt Whitman Re-Union, held at Reisser's, Philadelphia, March 23, 1894. Mr. Burroughs not being able to attend and read it in person." "It is over sixty years since Goethe said that to be a German author was to be a German martyr" states Burroughs. He goes on to compare Whitman's martyrdom to that of Heine, Rousseau, Moliere, and Byron, finding it greater still than those earlier authors. "More..was Walt Whitman a victim of the literary Philistinism of his country and times; but fortunately for himself, his was a nature so large, tolerant and self-sufficing that his martyrdom sat very lightly upon him... Very good .
Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; WALT WHITMAN; LITERARY CRITICISM; TRIBUTE; JOHN BURROUGHS; NATURALIST; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; HORACE L. TRAUBEL; WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP; LITERARY MARTYR; SELF-RELIANCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ESSAY; LECTURE; PAMP
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Title: Whitman's Self-Reliance. Walt Whitman Fellowship Papers: 9.
Description: Philadelphia: November, 1894. 1894. Philadelphia: November, 1894. 1894. Very good. THE FIRST EDITION OF JOHN BURROUGH'S "WHITMAN'S SELF-RELIANCE" - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6-5/8 inches wide. Sewn printed self-wraps as issued. 8 pages, untrimmed and with wide margins, numbered 51 to 58. The top edge of the last page is darkened. Very good. First edition [BAL-2157]. RARE. John Burrough's wonderful tribute to Whitman was "read by Horace L. Traubel at the meeting of the Walt Whitman Re-Union, held at Reisser's, Philadelphia, March 23, 1894. Mr. Burroughs not being able to attend and read it in person." "It is over sixty years since Goethe said that to be a German author was to be a German martyr" states Burroughs. He goes on to compare Whitman's martyrdom to that of Heine, Rousseau, Moliere, and Byron, finding it greater still than those earlier authors. "More..was Walt Whitman a victim of the literary Philistinism of his country and times; but fortunately for himself, his was a nature so large, tolerant and self-sufficing that his martyrdom sat very lightly upon him... Very good .
Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POET; WALT WHITMAN; LITERARY CRITICISM; TRIBUTE; JOHN BURROUGHS; NATURALIST; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; HORACE L. TRAUBEL; WALT WHITMAN FELLOWSHIP; LITERARY MARTYR; SELF-RELIANCE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ESSAY; LECTURE; PAMP
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- Book number: 99769
- Book number: 99769
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