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A Companion to Walt Whitman [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Literary Criticism)
  • ISBN-10:  1405120932
  • ISBN-10:  1405120932
  • ISBN-13:  9781405120937
  • ISBN-13:  9781405120937
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Pages:  624
  • Pages:  624
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2006
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2006
  • SKU:  1405120932-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  1405120932-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100704190
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Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America’s greatest poets.
  • Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students
  • Designed to make readers more aware of the social and cultural contexts of Whitman’s work, and of the experimental nature of his writing
  • Includes contributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works, a compact biography of the poet, and a bibliography
Notes on Contributors ix

List of Illustrations xiv

Abbreviations of Standard Whitman Works xvi

Introduction 1
Donald D. Kummings

Part I: The Life 9

1 Whitman's Life and Work, 1819–92 11
Gregory Eiselein

Part II: The Cultural Context 27

2 Journalism 29
Douglas A. Noverr

3 The City 42
William Pannapacker

4 Labor and Laborers 60
M. Wynn Thomas

5 Politics 76
Gary Wihl

6 Oratory 87
J. R. LeMaster

7 Slavery and Race 101
Martin Klammer

8 Nation and Identity 122
Eldrid Herrington

9 A Theory of Organic Democracy 136
Stephen John Mack

10 Imperialism 151
Walter Grunzweig

11 Sexuality 164
Maire Mullins

12 Gender 180