"To Destroy the Teacher": Whitman and Martin Farquhar Tupper's 1851 Trip to America (original) (raw)

Abstract

Explores the possible influence of British author Martin Farquhar Tupper on the development of Whitman's poetics, concluding that "while the differences between Whitman and Tupper clearly override the similarities, the similarities should not be ignored."

How to Cite:

Coulombe, J. L., (1996) “"To Destroy the Teacher": Whitman and Martin Farquhar Tupper's 1851 Trip to America”,Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 13(4), 199-209. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1533

Rights: Copyright © 1996 Joseph L Coulombe

Published on
1996-04-01

Peer Reviewed