| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Series |
Iowa Whitman Series |
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Iowa Whitman series.
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| Contents |
A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Preface; Whitman U.S.; One. A Tale of Two Cities; Two. The New Urban Politics; Three. Leaves of Grass and The Song of Hiawatha; Four. The Dreams of Labor; Five. Fratricide and Brotherly Love; Six. Weathering the Storm; Whitman U.K.; Seven. The English Whitman; Eight. Lawrence's Whitman; Nine. "What a Welshman You Would Have Been"; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
In this series of textual readings and cultural comparisons, M. Wynn Thomas explores Whitman's amazing ability to appeal across distances and centuries. The book's contrasting sections reflect the two locations studied: the first shows Whitman in his time and place, while the second repositions him within the cultures of England and Wales from the late 19th to the late 20th century. In the opening chapter he is placed against the vivid, outrageous background of the New York of his time; the second finds evidence in his poetry of a critique of the new urban politics of the emerging city boss; t |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- England
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States
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| SUBJECT |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 fast |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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American poetry -- Appreciation -- England
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English literature -- American influences.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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American poetry -- Appreciation
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Art appreciation
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English literature -- American influences
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National characteristics, American, in literature
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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American Literature.
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England
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587295997 |
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1587295997 |
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