Comments on: Chelsea for November 3 http://chelseanewnam.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/01/chelsea-for-november-3/ Chelsea Newnam is "Looking for Whitman" Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: jpike1 http://chelseanewnam.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/01/chelsea-for-november-3/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:52:20 +0000 http://chelseanewnam.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=64#comment-60 Chelsea,
I didn’t get to comment on this last week, but I wanted to tell you how interesting this post was. It really affected the way I looked at the differences between the 1855 and 1892 Leaves of Grass. I too noticed the absence of the months and weekdays and you provided a thought provoking reflection as to why Whitman would remove them. Was Whitman that obsessed with becoming a “new” America and rejecting the European traditions? Or was he merely trying to make the 1892 poem more universal? I really enjoyed this post!

]]> By: bcbottle http://chelseanewnam.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/01/chelsea-for-november-3/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:14:20 +0000 http://chelseanewnam.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=64#comment-54 This is a fascinating post, the change of months hadn’t even occurred to me. I think the idea of Whitman attempting to alter the role religion plays in America, and his own life, is a strong one. particularly after the interview we read where he said he believed America would develop into a religious nation but one lacking in the sectarianism so common in those days.

I have to wonder how much his view of God and religion was altered by the horrors he witnessed during the war.

]]>