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Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction to His Life and Work
Paperback
Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature, Book 24
Literary FiguresLiterary CriticismPoetry Criticism
ISBN13: 9781405118187
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: Aug 1 2005
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.06
Language: English
- An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman.
- Weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works.
- Focuses especially on Whitman's evolving masterpiece Leaves of Grass.
- Examines the material conditions and products of Whitman's scripted life, including his original manuscripts.
- Investigates Whitman's life in print - his belief that he could literally embody himself in his books.
- Linked to a large electronic archive of Whitman's work at www.whitmanarchive.org
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