Removed map of short fiction reprints

I have removed the map of the short fiction reprints from the fiction section of the Whitman Archive. We are currently investigating other frameworks for recreating the map.

~ Nikki

Added fiction reprints to bibliography and map

We have updated the bibliography of publications and reprints of Whitman's fiction to reflect 22 additional reprints located by Stephanie Blalock.  We have also updated the associated map of publications and reprints of Whitman's fiction.

~ Nikki and Stephanie

Added links to Published Works index pages

I have updated the index pages for "Published Works" and "Other Books" to include links to Whitman's short temperance novel Franklin Evans (published on the Whitman Archive under "Periodicals") and to a transcription of Whitman's novel Jack Engle that was recently published in the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.  Jack Engle is currently being edited for publication on the Whitman Archive. 

~ Nikki

Updated fiction bibliography

I have updated Stephanie Blalock's bibliography of publications and reprints of Walt Whitman's fiction with her latest finds, bringing the total number of publications and reprints listed to 464.  I have also updated the associated map.

~ Nikki

Updated fiction introductions, bibliography

I have updated the introduction to Franklin Evans and "Fortunes of a Country Boy" to reflect the recent discovery of Jack Engle, another novel written by Walt Whitman.  I have also updated Stephanie Blalock's fiction publications and reprints bibliography and the associated map to reflect several new reprint entries.  Finally, we have corrected a dating error in the short fiction introduction (where "The Fireman's Dream" was dated to 1841 instead of the correct date of 1844) and a periodical title error in "About 'The Tomb-Blossoms.'"

~ Nikki

Update to "schoolmaster" notebook

I have updated the editorial note accompanying the Whitman Archive's transcription of Whitman's "a schoolmaster" notebook to reflect Zachary Turpin's recent discovery of Whitman's 1852 novel, Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, the plot of which is drafted in this notebook.

~ Nikki

Fixed typo in short fiction

Ed pointed out a typo in Whitman's story "The Fireman's Dream." The phrase "involuntary explamations of horror" should have been "involuntary exclamations of horror."  I have fixed the error.

~ Nikki

Whitman's Short Fiction Published

We have published a new section devoted to Whitman's short fiction on the Whitman Archive.  This section, edited by Stephanie Blalock and Nikki Gray, includes page images and transcriptions of 26 short stories as they were first published in periodicals, headnotes discussing the publication and reprinting history associated with each story, and a critical introduction to the short fiction.  We have also updated the bibliography of fiction publications and reprints and the associated map, and we have added a new "fiction" section to the Archive's editorial policy statement.

Thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities for support of this project, and to the staff members who worked on it: Kirsten Clawson, Jeannette Schollaert, and Sara Duke. 

~ Stephanie and Nikki

Fiction introduction, bibliography updated

I have updated the bibliography of reprints of Whitman’s fiction to reflect the discovery (by Stephanie Blalock) of 17 new reprints.  I have also updated the citation style and fixed a broken link in the introduction to Franklin Evans and “Fortunes of a Country Boy.” 

~ Nikki

New fiction section published

I have published a new fiction section on the Archive, which includes Whitman's short temperance novel, Franklin Evans, with a new critical introduction. Also available is a revised version of the novel, "Fortunes of a Country Boy," which was serialized in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1846, and a bibliography of publications and reprints of Whitman's fiction, compiled by Stephanie Blalock. 

~ Nikki