The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Foreground of Leaves of Grass

Stovall, Floyd. The Foreground of Leaves of Grass. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. (1974-1-1).
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Clapp, Henry [pages: 4-5, 6, 7,8,14, 37(n), 226]

Called the "Prince of Bohmemia." Stovall discusses Clapp's publication of Whitman's poetry in The Saturday Press and his "Bohemian fraternity."

Gayler, Charles [pages: 3]

Stovall discusses Gayler's relationship to Whitman.

Leland, Charles [pages: 223]

He was an editor at Vanity Fair. Stovall includes Leland's discussion Whitman and the Bohemians.

Stedman, Edmund [pages: 6]

Stovall mentions that Stedman recalled seeing Whitman at Pfaff's.

Whitman, Walt [pages: 3]

Stovall discusses Gayler's relationship to Whitman.

Willis, Nathaniel [pages: 38]

Whitman most likely met him during a visit to Pfaff's sometime during 1855.

Wood, Frank [pages: 223]

Wood was one of the members of the Pfaff's circle and the founder of Vanity Fair.