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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 June 2012
    08 March 2007
    ISBN:
    9780511610981
    9780521854566
    9780521670944
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511610981
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.375kg, 148 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.259kg, 148 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, American Literature, American Studies, English Literature: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Introductions to Literature
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    Walt Whitman is one of the most innovative and influential American poets of the nineteenth century. Focusing on his masterpiece Leaves of Grass, this book provides a foundation for the study of Whitman as an experimental poet, a radical democrat, and a historical personality in the era of the American Civil War, the growth of the great cities, and the westward expansion of the United States. Always a controversial and important figure, Whitman continues to attract the admiration of poets, artists, critics, political activists, and readers around the world. Those studying his work for the first time will find this an invaluable book. Alongside close readings of the major texts, chapters on Whitman's biography, the history and culture of his time, and the critical reception of his work provide a comprehensive understanding of Whitman and of how he has become such a central figure in the American literary canon.

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