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Walt Whitman's America : A Cultural Biography by David S. Reynolds (1995, Hardcover)

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In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age. Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery "b'hoys"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, Walt Whitman's America is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0394580230
ISBN-13
9780394580234
eBay Product ID (ePID)
706461

Product Key Features

Book Title
Walt Whitman's America : a Cultural Biography
Author
David S. Reynolds
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Poetry
Publication Year
1995
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Non-Classifiable, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
671 Pages

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Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Item Weight
31.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3231.R48 1995
Reviews
"Remarkably informative...I marked on page after page things about Whitman and his America I never knew before." --Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review "Exhaustive...fascinating...an evocative portrait." --Washington Post Book World "Reynolds stands alone in showing, almost day by day, the finest roots of Whitman's genius...His scholarship lights Whitman from within." --Philadelphia Inquirer From the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright Date
1995
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
94-012841
Dewey Decimal
811/.3 B
Dewey Edition
20

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