A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman

by David S. Reynolds

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Few authors are so well suited to historical study as Whitman, who is widely considered America's greatest poet. This Guide combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays explore dimensions of Whitman's dynamic relationship to working-class politics, race and slavery, sexual mores, the visual arts, and the idea of democracy. The poet who emerges from this volume is no "solitary...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195120825

ISBN13:9780195120820

Release Date:January 2000

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

American Literature Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Poetry

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