What lurks behind Shakspere's historical plays? [manuscript], ca. 1884.
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What lurks behind Shakspere's historical plays? [manuscript], ca. 1884.
Uniform title
Critic (New York, N.Y. : 1884)
Description
6 leaves.
Scope and content
Autograph manuscript with Whitman's pencilled instructions to the printer. Whitman argues that the histories mark "the inauguration of modern democracy." A typewritten copy is laid in.
Note
Printed in The critic, 1884, and formerly owned by its editor, G.W. Gilder.
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Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Shakespeare in American Life (catalog entry 62)
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Cover-to-cover images of Folger Shakespeare Library S.b.89
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S.b.89