When Bram Met Walt

November – December 2012 · HUMANITIES / National Endowment for the Humanities

Meredith Hindley

Bram Stoker Estate account

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Meredith Hindley traces Stoker’s admiration for Walt Whitman, from his response to hostile criticism of the poet to the unusually frank letter he eventually sent. The feature follows their correspondence and meetings, placing this transatlantic friendship within Stoker’s developing literary and theatrical life.

HUMANITIES, November/December 2012, volume 33 number 6. Relevant feature text and issue details inspected; this is an issue date, not a fabricated day. The Whitman portrait’s archive identification remains separate from modern article photography.

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Walt Whitman portrait Alexander Gardner — Walt Whitman, after a portrait by Alexander Gardner.Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-58228; after Alexander Gardner.