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Walter Scott

Scottish novelist and poet, cited as a literary influence.

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Also known as Sir Walter Scott, Scott

First appearance: inscriptions

Walter Scott shows up with force in Old Chants. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as a poet in the lineage of old chants.
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In Old Chants: Mentioned as a poet in the lineage of old chants. Later, in Endnotes: Whitman references Scott's Complete Poems, especially…

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