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Historical Guides to American Authors Ser.: Historical Guide to Walt Whitman by David S. Reynolds (2000, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195120825

ISBN-139780195120820

eBay Product ID (ePID)920519

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameHistorical Guide to Walt Whitman

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAmerican / General, Poetry

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorDavid S. Reynolds

SeriesHistorical Guides to American Authors Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length5.4 in

Item Width8.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN99-012608

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsDavid S. Reynolds: Introduction David S. Reynolds: Capsule Biography Ed Folsom: Lucifer and Ethiopia: Whitman, Race, and Poetics before and after the Civil War Jerome Loving: The Political Roots of the First Leaves of Grass M. Jimmie Killingsworth: Whitman's "Calamus": A Rhetorical Prehistory of the Gay American Ethos Roberta K. Tarbell: Whitman and the Visual Arts Kennety Cmiel: To Be Free and Rule: Whitman on the Razor's Edge David S. Reynolds: Bibliographical Essay David S. Reynolds: Dual Chronology

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal811/.3

Table Of ContentIntroductionCapsule BiographyLucifer and Ethiopia: Whitman, Race, and Poetics before and after the Civil WarThe Political Roots of the First Leaves of GrassWhitman's "Calamus": A Rhetorical Prehistory of the Gay American EthosWhitman and the Visual ArtsTo Be Free and Rule: Whitman on the Razor's EdgeBibliographical EssayDual Chronology

SynopsisA Historical Guide to Walt Whitman combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays in this volume explore new 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 singer," distanced from his culture, but what he himself called "the age transfigured," fully enmeshed in his times and addressing issues that are still vital today. still vital today., 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 singer," distanced from his culture, but what he himself called "the age transfigured," fully enmeshed in his times and addressing issues that are still vital today.

LC Classification NumberPS3238.H57 2000