<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post112032432263782202..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112157128483457143</id><published>2005-07-16T23:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T23:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Have you ever read anything from Petrarch? I think...</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever read anything from Petrarch? I think you find him to be a very interesting, poet. Thats who Shakespeare and many other poets have developed there styles from.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112157128483457143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112157128483457143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html?showComment=1121571240000#c112157128483457143' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Brian Wright</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01699733414426146576</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112032432263782202' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112032432263782202' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1955411557"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112050639085019035</id><published>2005-07-04T15:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T15:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have to say that the long lists in &#39;Leaves&#39; are ...</title><summary type='text'>I have to say that the long lists in &#39;Leaves&#39; are the most tedious aspect of the book(s). The first time I read it I have to admit I skipped over much this because to me it&#39;s simply too long-winded. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When I reread the book years later (haven&#39;t reread it since tho plan to) I forced myself to actually articulate every syllable of &#39;Leaves&#39; and discovered its hallucinatory effect.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112050639085019035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112050639085019035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html?showComment=1120506360000#c112050639085019035' title=''/><author><name>incredulass</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16890154204998918984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112032432263782202' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112032432263782202' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-286548612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112049771505485951</id><published>2005-07-04T13:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T13:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There was a comparatively cheap facsimile edition ...</title><summary type='text'>There was a comparatively cheap facsimile edition of the first 1855 Edition of Leaves Of Grass that came out about 15 years ago by a man who was doing &quot;collectible&quot; facsimile editions (there were also titles by Dickinson and Frost), which goes for about $50-150 on the used market.  That&#39;s the most accessible edition for folks trying to get a feel for the original.  It was made to look exactly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112049771505485951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112049771505485951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html?showComment=1120497660000#c112049771505485951' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112032432263782202' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112032432263782202' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112049397455270673</id><published>2005-07-04T12:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T12:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you.</title><summary type='text'>Thank you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112049397455270673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112049397455270673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html?showComment=1120493940000#c112049397455270673' title=''/><author><name>Meng</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04582038193692697128</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112032432263782202' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112032432263782202' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2031515139"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112048927732875790</id><published>2005-07-04T11:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T11:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I went through the poem and wondered if the figure...</title><summary type='text'>I went through the poem and wondered if the figure of menace with the red robe and finger like the head of a snake was the Pope.  How is that usually glossed?  It&#39;s a weird image -- seems more like an image out of Poe.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112048927732875790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112048927732875790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html?showComment=1120489260000#c112048927732875790' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112032432263782202' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112032432263782202' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112048858228741612</id><published>2005-07-04T10:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-04T10:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great post, Ron. I picked up a book by David S. Re...</title><summary type='text'>Great post, Ron. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I picked up a book by David S. Reynolds called ‘Whitman, Lives and Legacies’ for just this occasion and it’s a getting me in the mood to reread ‘Leaves.’&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If the full import of what Whitman wrote was enacted I think there would be a real revolution going on…but there’s no denying he started a revolution in letters.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I didn’t know of Whitman’s interest (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112048858228741612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112032432263782202/comments/default/112048858228741612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html?showComment=1120488540000#c112048858228741612' title=''/><author><name>incredulass</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16890154204998918984</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/one-hundred-fifty-years-ago-today-walt.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112032432263782202' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112032432263782202' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-286548612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2005"/></entry></feed>