37726 BY RICHARD MAURICE BUCKE, M. D. = Author of "MAN'S MORAL NATURE." PUBLISHED BY DAVID MCKAY, 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET PHILADELPHIA W6O 392W Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1883, by William D. O'CONNOR, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Wash ington. A CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION, Chronological Forecast of W. W.'s Life, and the Successive Publi cations of Leaves of Grass, PART I. Chapter I-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Excerpt from W. W.-Personal History of Authors, List of the Whitman Family, Remote Ancestry of W. W., . On the Mother's Side, Immediate Ancestry, Hollandic Elements, PAGES 7 8-10 12 13 Chapter II.-THE POET IN 1880.—PERsonnel, Etc. Chapter I-HISTORY OF LEAVES OF GRASS. Completed Works, 1882-'83, Chapter II-ANALYSIS OF POEMS, Etc. His Poetic and Prose Lessons, His Rhythmic Interior, His Central Poem. Backgrounds of Meaning, The Theme of Sexuality, J. B. Marvin's Criticism, A Manly Friendship, Sane, Heroic, Passionate, W. W.'s Self-Drawn Portrait, 1860, Emotional Element of " Drum-Taps," 66 'Prayer of Columbus," 167 169 171 173 Chapter III-ANALYSIS OF POEMS, Continued. Difficulty of Understanding L. of G., The Poems "A Picture of the World as Seen from the Stand point of the Highest Moral Elevation," The herald of a New Religious Era, "The Bible of Democracy," Exalt the Commonest Life, . 178 185 187 189 |