O Captain
Celebrate Poe
English - July 05, 2023 02:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation History poe edgar allan literature history horror terror richmond virginia baltimore Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode - “O Captain” deals with the relationship between Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle. “O Captain” describes how Walt and Peter met, their histories, and the possible influence of Peter Doyle on some of Whitman’s works - especially O Captain, My Captain. Peter Doyle was actually present at Lincoln’s murder, and the genesis of the use of “the captain steering a ship/country” is discussed. The episode ends with some sections of letters that Whitman and Doyle wrote to each other.