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The Cambridge introduction to Walt Whitman

By Walt; Whitman , Whitman , M. Jimmie , Walt; Whitman Walt.; Killingsworth

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780521854566, 9780511273827, 0511273827, 0521854563, 9780521670944, 0521670942
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
995 kB (1019206 bytes)
Series
Cambridge introductions to literature
Pages
VIII, 139 Seiten\149
Time added
2020-11-29 04:20:40
Poetry

Description

Walt Whitman is one of the most innovative and influential American poets of the nineteenth century. Focusing on his masterpiece Leaves of Grass, this book provides a foundation for the study of Whitman as an experimental poet, a radical democrat, and a historical personality in the era of the American Civil War, the growth of the great cities, and the westward expansion of the United States. Always a controversial and important figure, Whitman continues to attract the admiration of poets, artists, critics, political activists, and readers around the world. Those studying his work for the first time will find this an invaluable book. Alongside close readings of the major texts, chapters on Whitman's biography, the history and culture of his time, and the critical reception of his work provide a comprehensive understanding of Whitman and of how he has become such a central figure in the American literary canon.

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