Observed arrival · 2026-11-03
Whitman, as Printed: Seven Editions, Side by Side
A digital reading room for Walt Whitman’s books as printed, with edition comparisons, page images, a concordance, and studies of their design and production.
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- Whitman readers, students, and teachers
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- The site lists 914 photographed pages, a 15,782-word concordance, and seven line-by-line comparisons of “Song of Myself.”
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The Reading Room describes page-by-page views for the 1855, 1881–82, and 1891–92 editions, while the revision comparison spans all seven editions. The Visual Glossary gathers printers’ rules, flowers, and ornaments, with the stated aim of making them available for writers to see and use. The site identifies image and text sources, discusses rights and text-checking, and invites corrections.
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