Three American poets : Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Herman Melville / William C. Spengemann.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Spengemann, William C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• American poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
• Modernism (Literature)--America.
• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.
• Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describes the different sorts of poetry Whitman, Dickinson, and Melville wrote, their comparable reasons for writing, and the posthumous critical effects of their having done so.

Contents:

• Whitman's Modern song
• Sorting with Emily Dickinson
• Melville the poet.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

• 9780268092726
• 0268092729

OCLC:

694144472