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Noverr and Stacy's unrivalled knowledge of Whitman's journalism has allowed them not only to select judiciously from established printed scholarly sources, but also to avail themselves of the more recent work done by scholars to identify probable new instances of Whitman's journalistic output. Whitman's journalism needs and deserves to be better known, as it provides an index to his thinking, serves at times as a kind of 'think tank' and trial ground for his (largely subsequent) poetry, offers us a glimpse into his workaday world, and is also highly readable. --M. Wynn Thomas, author, Transatlantic Connections: Whitman US-UK This generous selection of Whitman's journalism could well be called 'Whitman's Foreground, ' echoing Ralph Waldo Emerson's so very astute observation in 1855 that Leaves of Grass 'must have had a long foreground, for such a start.' Well, that foreground was mainly this journalism in which the emerging poet of the 1840s and early 1850s absorbed the America he so loved--its throbbing cities, its colorful vernacular, its raging politics, and, later, the agony of its Civil War. It's all here. --Jerome Loving, author, Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself

Noverr and Stacy's unrivalled knowledge of Whitman's journalism has allowed them not only to select judiciously from established printed scholarly sources, but also to avail themselves of the more recent work done by scholars to identify probable new instances of Whitman's journalistic output. Whitman's journalism needs and deserves to be better known, as it provides an index to his thinking, serves at times as a kind of 'think tank' and trial ground for his (largely subsequent) poetry, offers us a glimpse into his workaday world, and is also highly readable. --M. Wynn Thomas, author, Transatlantic Connections: Whitman US-UK

Noverr and Stacy s unrivalled knowledge of Whitman s journalism has allowed them not only to select judiciously from established printed scholarly sources, but also to avail themselves of the more recent work done by scholars to identify probable new instances of Whitman s journalistic output. Whitman s journalism needs and deserves to be better known, as it provides an index to his thinking, serves at times as a kind of think tank and trial ground for his (largely subsequent) poetry, offers us a glimpse into his workaday world, and is also highly readable. M. Wynn Thomas, author, Transatlantic Connections: Whitman US-UK This generous selection of Whitman s journalism could well be called Whitman s Foreground, echoing Ralph Waldo Emerson s so very astute observation in 1855 that Leaves of Grass must have had a long foreground, for such a start. Well, that foreground was mainly this journalism in which the emerging poet of the 1840s and early 1850s absorbed the America he so lovedits throbbing cities, its colorful vernacular, its raging politics, and, later, the agony of its Civil War. It s all here. Jerome Loving, author, Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself Noverr and Stacy's unrivalled knowledge of Whitman's journalism has allowed them not only to select judiciously from established printed scholarly sources, but also to avail themselves of the more recent work done by scholars to identify probable new instances of Whitman's journalistic output. Whitman's journalism needs and deserves to be better known, as it provides an index to his thinking, serves at times as a kind of 'think tank' and trial ground for his (largely subsequent) poetry, offers us a glimpse into his workaday world, and is also highly readable. --M. Wynn Thomas, author, Transatlantic Connections: Whitman US-UK This generous selection of Whitman's journalism could well be called 'Whitman's Foreground, ' echoing Ralph Waldo Emerson's so very astute observation in 1855 that Leaves of Grass 'must have had a long foreground, for such a start.' Well, that foreground was mainly this journalism in which the emerging poet of the 1840s and early 1850s absorbed the America he so loved--its throbbing cities, its colorful vernacular, its raging politics, and, later, the agony of its Civil War. It's all here. --Jerome Loving, author, Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself

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Douglas A. Noverr is a professor emeritus in the department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures and the American Studies graduate program at Michigan State University, USA. He is currently the coordinator at international conferences for the Popular Culture and American Culture Association. His research and publications span the fields of sports history and culture, film history, popular culture, and American literature. He is the author of Michigan State University: The Rise at a Research University and the New Millennium, 1970–2005 and the coeditor of The Complete Journalism of Walt Whitman, volumes I and II. Jason Stacy is an associate professor of United States history at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA. He is the author of Walt Whitman’s Multitudes: Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman’s Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840–1855 and editor of Leaves of Grass, 1860: the 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition.

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