| Description |
xiv, 568 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-545) and index. |
| Contents |
Caresser of life -- Thousand singers, a thousand songs -- Some literary person -- Heart-songs in Brooklyn -- Crescent City sojourn -- Simmering, simmering, simmering -- Beginning of a great career -- New American Bible -- Calamus and the National Calamity -- True love -- Good old cause -- Dalliances of eagles -- Good-bye my fancy. |
| Summary |
A biography of Walt Whitman, the 19th century writer hailed as the father of American poetry. It traces his life as a printer and journalist, before his self-published collection, Leaves of Grass, brought him fame. He was a great promoter, going so far as to write his own book reviews for newspapers. As a poet, he rejected regular meter and rhyme in favor of free verse and blazed the trail as a writer of erotica. |
| Subject |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0520214277 (alk. paper) |
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