02529nam 2200613Ia 450 991078017290332120230422042635.01-58729-341-2(CKB)111056486862696(EBL)837105(OCoLC)50320943(SSID)ssj0000271368(PQKBManifestationID)11208434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271368(PQKBWorkID)10295317(PQKB)11621110(MiAaPQ)EBC837105(MdBmJHUP)muse9325(Au-PeEL)EBL837105(CaPaEBR)ebr10354653(EXLCZ)9911105648686269620000602d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhitman and the Irish[electronic resource] /Joann P. KriegIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20001 online resource (295 p.)Iowa Whitman SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-730-1 0-87745-729-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-265) and index.Introduction; 1 Historical Background; 2 Timeline; 3 New York City; 4 Boston, 1860; 5 Washington, D.C.; 6 Boston, 1881; 7 Camden & Eminent Visitors; 8 Dublin; 9 Coda; Notes; IndexThough Walt Whitman created no Irish characters in his early works of fiction, he did include the Irish as part of the democratic portrait of America that he drew in Leaves of Grass. He could hardly have done otherwise. In 1855, when the first edition of Leaves of Grass was published, the Irish made up one of the largest immigrant populations in New York City and, as such, maintained a cultural identity of their own. All of this ""Irishnesso swirled about Whitman as he trod the streets of his Mannahatta, ultimately becoming part of him and his poetry. As members of the working class, famous auIowa Whitman SeriesWhitman & the IrishPoets, American19th centuryBiographyIrish AmericansBiographyIrelandBiographyPoets, AmericanIrish Americans811.3811/.3Krieg Joann P539122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780172903321Whitman and the Irish3858508UNINA