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[Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of essay. Undated, unsigned.

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

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Title
[Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of essay. Undated, unsigned.
Names
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 (Creator)
Collection

Walt Whitman papers, 1854-1892

Series I. Manuscripts

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1890 - 1891 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Whitman
Shelf locator: m.b. Whitman, S - Whitman, Walt Holographs
Genres
Manuscripts
Essays
Notes
Publications: Published as "Have We a National Literature?" in the North American Review, March 1891, 332-338, this passage on page 335. Later published in Good-bye, My Fancy (1891) as "American National Literature."
Physical Description
Manuscripts
Extent: 1 leaf
[1 written side], mounted. Draft in pencil with revisions in both pencil and ink. MS mounted on larger sheet (the verso of The Artisan's letterhead stationery). Note written in ink on larger sheet below bottom right of MS: "A page of Whitman manuscript sent to [Edward] Gordon Craig by Horace Traubel: 1907."
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520479
MSS Unit ID: 19100
Digital Gallery Image ID: m_1169330
Digital Gallery Image ID: m_1169331
Other local Identifier: 66B1083
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 384da020-22ea-0130-8352-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1819: Creator Born
  • 1890: Issued (Approximate)
  • 1892: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of essay. Undated, unsigned." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1890 - 1891. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ce8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of essay. Undated, unsigned." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ce8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1890 - 1891). [Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of essay. Undated, unsigned. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4ce8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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[Good-bye, My Fancy. "American National Literature"] Fragment of essay. Undated, unsigned.