Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 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.
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Title
Historical guide to Walt Whitman.
International Standard Book Number
0195120825
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Criticism and interpretation
Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Criticism and interpretation.
Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Critique et interprétation.
Whitman, Walt,1819-1892.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Literature and history-- United States-- History-- 19th century, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Littérature et histoire-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.