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A Life of Walt Whitman
Introduction
简介： To the reader, and especially to the critical reader, it would seem but courteous to give at the beginning of my book some indication of its purpose. It makes no attempt to fill the place either of a critical study or a definitive biography. Though W...
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1.
PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER I THE WHITMANS OF WEST HILLS
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CHAPTER II BOYHOOD IN BROOKLYN
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CHAPTER III TEACHER AND JOURNALIST
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CHAPTER IV ROMANCE (1848)
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CHAPTER V ILLUMINATION
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CHAPTER VI THE CARPENTER
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CHAPTER VII WHITMAN’S MANIFESTO
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CHAPTER VIII THE MYSTIC
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CHAPTER IX “YEAR OF METEORS”
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CHAPTER X THE TESTAMENT OF A COMRADE
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CHAPTER XI AMERICA AT WAR
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CHAPTER XII THE PROOF OF COMRADESHIP
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CHAPTER XIII A WASHINGTON CLERK
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CHAPTER XIV FRIENDS AND FAME
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CHAPTER XV ILLNESS
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CHAPTER XVI CONVALESCENCE
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CHAPTER XVII THE SECOND BOSTON EDITION
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CHAPTER XVIII AMONG THE PROPHETS
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CHAPTER XIX HE BECOMES A HOUSEHOLDER
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CHAPTER XX AT MICKLE STREET
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CHAPTER XXI “GOOD-BYE, MY FANCY”
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APPENDIX A NOTE ON THE WILLIAMSES
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APPENDIX B WHITMAN IN NEW ORLEANS