{"id":104,"date":"2012-02-26T15:40:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T15:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english630sp12\/?p=104"},"modified":"2012-02-27T21:13:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T21:13:37","slug":"for-tuesday-228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english630sp12\/2012\/02\/26\/for-tuesday-228\/","title":{"rendered":"For Tuesday (2\/28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeffrey Wright reads Walt Whitman\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/4435265?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>1) For Tuesday (actually Wed.), we&#8217;ll be doing a little manuscript detective work.<\/p>\n<p>First, note and read \u00a0the second poem &#8211; &#8211; titled there as &#8220;A Song for Occupations&#8221; &#8211; &#8211; \u00a0in <a href=\"http:\/\/whitmanarchive.org\/published\/LG\/1855\/whole.html\">the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass<\/a>. \u00a0Make a few notes about the poem: \u00a0what are the most interesting or important lines? how does this poem extend, develop, elaborate themes and\/or lines in &#8220;Song of Myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, proceed into <a href=\"http:\/\/whitmanarchive.org\/published\/LG\/index.html\">the remaining six editions of Leaves of Grass<\/a>. \u00a0Your goal is examine how this poem changes over the course of the rest of Whitman&#8217;s publishing career. \u00a0Where in the other editions does this poem occur? \u00a0How and where has it been re-titled? \u00a0Has Whitman made any significant edits to the poem itself? \u00a0What is significant about the way Whitman re-positions the poem in the remaining editions? \u00a0What is significant about the changing titles of the poem?<\/p>\n<p>As you track &#8220;Song for Occupations,&#8221; think about how the shifting identity and situation of the poem reflect on the meaning of the poem and what these shifts might tell us about Whitman&#8217;s own changing understanding of Leaves of Grass. \u00a0Blog your reflections on your detective work.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a day or so late on posting this &#8211; &#8211; so let&#8217;s move the due date for this post to 5 p.m., Wed., March 1.<\/p>\n<p>2) Dont&#8217; forget our tweet-of-the-week: Frances Wright. 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