Table of contents : Frontmatter FOREWORD (R. W. B. Lewis, page vii) WHITMAN'S AWAKENING TO DEATH: TOWARD A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL READING OF "OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING" (Stephen E. Whicher, page 1) WHITMAN'S CURIOUS WARBLE: REMINISCENCE AND RECONCILIATION (Paul Fussell, Jr., page 28) "OUT OF THE CRADLE" AS A ROMANCE (Richard Chase, page 52) WHITMAN JUSTIFIED: THE POET IN 1860 (Roy Harvey Pearce, page 72) WHITMAN, POUND, AND THE PROSE TRADITION (Samuel Hynes, page 110) WHITMAN AND THOMAS: THE YAWP AND THE GAB (James E. Miller, Jr., page 137) THE DELICACY OF WALT WHITMAN (James A. Wright, page 164) APPENDIX: VERSIONS OF "OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING" (page 190) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED (page 207) SUPERVISING COMMITTEE, 1961 (page 208) PROGRAM (page 209) REGISTRANTS (page 211)