Whitman per Dickinson When Emily Dickinson was asked if she knew Whitman, she replied that she had not read his book, but that she had heard it was disgraceful. from Babette Deutsch, "Poetry at the Mid-Century," Virginia Quarterly Review 26 (January 1950), p. 69.
When Emily Dickinson was asked if she knew Whitman, she replied that she had not read his book, but that she had heard it was disgraceful.
from Babette Deutsch, "Poetry at the Mid-Century," Virginia Quarterly Review 26 (January 1950), p. 69.