Comments on: Stacy, Leaves of Grass (1860) facsimile http://http.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/27/stacy-leaves-of-grass-1860-facsimile/ Just another Looking for Whitman weblog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:52:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: brady http://http.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/27/stacy-leaves-of-grass-1860-facsimile/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:52:39 +0000 http://http.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=47#comment-4 Interesting subject and review. One question: I also like the cover photo, but I’m curious what’s underneath it. Do you know how closely the cover resembles Whitman’s original? He was so passionate about bookmaking; I’m sure it would’ve mattered to him.

]]> By: mscanlon http://http.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/27/stacy-leaves-of-grass-1860-facsimile/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:09:27 +0000 http://http.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=47#comment-3 Thanks for this interesting post! I love the cover image that you used, and agree very much that there is something special about touching or seeing things in person. After our class in Virginia, U.S., saw Whitman artifacts, I wrote this post about the same thing (sorry, it’s a long link!):

http://mscanlon.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/10/28/free-tickets-to-fords-theater-for-19-people-through-ticketmaster-plus-2-00-access-fee-49-50-thirteen-hours-of-parking-for-three-vehicles-30-00-bodily-presence-priceless/

I also applaud your attention to Whitman’s handling of slavery. We have really been struggling this semester with how we feel about Whitman’s comments on race. On the one hand, it is already progressive to write about the slaves alongside other Americans and recognize their full humanity… but we really want the poet of democracy, who was visionary in so many other ways, to transcend his historical moment more fully and argue for freedom and full equality for African Americans, and it is disappointing when he doesn’t.

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