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A historical guide to Walt Whitman / edited by David S. Reynolds.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Historical guides to American authors.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Historical guides to American authors
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.
- Literature and history--United States--History--19th century.
- Literature and history.
- Local Subjects:
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192pages ) ; illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Walt Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays explore Whitman's relationship to working-class politics, race and slavery, sexual mores and the idea of democracy.
- Contents:
- Introduction / David S. Reynolds
- Walt Whitman, 1819-1892: A Brief Biography / David S. Reynolds
- WHITMAN IN HIS TIME
- Lucifer and Ethiopia: Whitman, Race, and Poetics before the Civil War and After / Ed Folsom
- The Political Roots of Leaves of Grass / Jerome Loving
- Whitman and the Gay American Ethos / M. Jimmie Killingsworth
- Whitman and the Visual Arts / Roberta K. Tarbell
- Whitman the Democrat / Kenneth Cmiel
- Illustrated Chronology
- Bibliographical Essay / David S. Reynolds.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-259) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772457-4
- 1-280-47057-7
- 0-19-972808-9
- 1-60256-288-1
- OCLC:
- 936848422
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