Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction to His Life and Work

Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction to His Life and Work

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Apr 15, 2008 · English · Kindle (176 pages)
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Book Details

Format Kindle
Pages 176
Language English
Published Apr 15, 2008
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN-10 1405144688
ISBN-13 9781405144681

Description

This introductory guide to Walt Whitman weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works.
- An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman.
- Weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works.
- Focuses especially on Whitman's evolving masterpiece "Leaves of Grass."
- Examines the material conditions and products of Whitman's "scripted life," including his original manuscripts.
- Investigates Whitman's "life in print" - his belief that he could literally embody himself in his books.

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Biography Autobiography & Memoir Poetry
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