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Whitman And Dickinson, William A. Pannapacker, Paul Crumbley
Whitman And Dickinson, William A. Pannapacker, Paul Crumbley
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Leaves Of Grass (1855) And The Cities Of Whitman’S Memory, William A. Pannapacker
Leaves Of Grass (1855) And The Cities Of Whitman’S Memory, William A. Pannapacker
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This comprehensive volume celebrates the 150th anniversary of the 1855 edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grasswith twenty essays by preeminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus exclusively on the original edition. Once regarded as primarily a collector's item, this edition is now viewed as the poet's most bold and compelling articulation of the possibilities of American democracy.
The essays weave a rich tapestry of the most current, innovative criticism on this foundational book of American poetry. The contributors treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic …