| A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman Contributor(s): Reynolds, David S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195120825 ISBN-13: 9780195120820 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.3 |
| LCCN: 99012608 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Historical Guides to American Authors (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.48" W x 8.23" (0.79 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |