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A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman.(Review)(Brief Article)

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From: Contemporary Review
Date: 20001201
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David S. Reynolds, editor. O.U.P. New York. [pound]26.99. 280 pages. ISBN 0-19-512081-7. This collection of essays about the famous American poet is part of O.U.P.'s 'Historical Guides to American Authors' series. After an introduction and brief biography, both by the editor, there are five essays on the theme of 'Whitman in His Time': Whitman, Race and Poets before the War between the States and after; the political roots of Whitman's most famous poem, Leaves of Grass; Whitman and 'the Gay American Ethos'; Whitman and the visual arts; and Whitman the democrat. There is also an ...

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