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  • Leaves of Grass 1860

    Leaves of Grass 1860

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    In May 1860, Walt Whitman published a third edition of Leaves of Grass. His timing was compelling. Printed during a period of regional, ideological, and political divisions, written by a poet...
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  • The Complete Poems | | 9780140424515

    The Complete Poems

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    From Leaves of Grass to "Song of Myself," all of Whitman's poetry in one volumeIn 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work that defined him as one of America’s most influential voices...
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  • On Democracy | | 9781598538465

    On Democracy

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    Gathered together for the first time, Walt Whitman's urgently needed prose writings on the democratic spirit and the soul of the nation. 12 short works encapsulate the American Bard's fiery passions...
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  • Permanent Address

    Permanent Address

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    From reviews of other books by Ruth Whitman:Tamsen Donner: A Woman's Journey"A work of beauty and force… A major achievement."—BooklistThe Passion of Lizzie Borden: New and Selected Poems"A marvel of...
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  • Hitler's American Model

    Hitler's American Model

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    "Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In...
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  • Whitman the Political Poet

    Whitman the Political Poet

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    Recent critical studies have emphasized the formal, mystical, and psychological dimensions of Walt Whitman's art, dwelling mainly upon his Emersonian and Transcendental sources. This study is the...
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  • The Second Fifty

    The Second Fifty

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    Expert guidance for living a longer, healthier, more meaningful second half of life.As she approached her fiftieth birthday, Debra Whitman, a globally recognized expert on aging, wanted to delve...
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  • Walt Whitman and the American Reader

    Walt Whitman and the American Reader

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    In Walt Whitman and the American Reader, Greenspan casts Whitman as the central actor on the stage of nineteenth-century American literary culture--a culture redefining its democratic identity...
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  • Walt Whitman and British Socialism

    Walt Whitman and British Socialism

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    This is the first sustained examination of Walt Whitman's influence on British socialism. Harris combines a contextual historical study of Whitman's reception with focused close readings of a variety...
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  • Leaves of Grass

    Leaves of Grass

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    “I am large, I contain multitudes”A Penguin Classic   When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of...
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  • Walt Whitman and the Civil War

    Walt Whitman and the Civil War

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    Shortly after the third edition of Leaves of Grass was published, in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, not to emerge again until his brother George was wounded at Fredericksburg...
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  • Verdict of Battle

    Verdict of Battle

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    Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman...
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  • Harsh Justice

    Harsh Justice

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    Why is American punishment so cruel? While in continental Europe great efforts are made to guarantee that prisoners are treated humanely, in America sentences have gotten longer and rehabilitation...
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  • Homer and the Heroic Tradition

    Homer and the Heroic Tradition

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    What has been done in recent times in the fields of archaeology, linguistics, history, anthropology, and comparative oral literature, not to mention literary criticism itself, has put the whole...
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  • Life and Adventures of Jack Engle

    Life and Adventures of Jack Engle

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    In 1852, young Walt Whitman—a down-on-his-luck housebuilder in Brooklyn—was hard at work writing two books. One would become one of the most famous volumes of poetry in American history, a free-verse...
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  • Leaves of Grass: the Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions

    Leaves of Grass: the Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Edi…

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    In 1855, a small volume appeared, self-published by a failed Brooklyn journalist and carpenter: twelve untitled poems and a preface announcing the author's aims. A commercial failure, this book was...
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  • Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity

    Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity

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    What is the relationship between poetry and fame? What happens to a reader's experience when a poem invokes its author's popularity? Is there a meaningful connection between poetry and advertising,...
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  • The Routledge Encyclopedia of Walt Whitman

    The Routledge Encyclopedia of Walt Whitman

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    Includes almost 760 entries ranging in length from 3,100 words on the first (1855) edition of Leaves of Grass to 140 words on Elizabeth Leavitt Keller. Entries include biographical data; thematic,...
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