Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography
David S. Reynolds
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Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age. Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery "b'hoys"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, Walt Whitman's America is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: David S. ReynoldsPublisher: VintagePublished: 03/19/1996ISBN: 9780679767091Pages: 704Weight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.01h x 5.21w x 1.41dReview Citations: New York Times 04/14/1996 pg. 32New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 48Publishers Weekly 02/19/1996New York Review of Books 09/22/2005 pg. 22
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Book Title
Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography
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9780679767091
Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and
Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age. Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery "b'hoys"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, Walt Whitman's America is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: David S. Reynolds
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/19/1996
ISBN: 9780679767091
Pages: 704
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 1.41d
Review Citations: New York Times 04/14/1996 pg. 32
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 48
Publishers Weekly 02/19/1996
New York Review of Books 09/22/2005 pg. 22
Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age. Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery "b'hoys"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, Walt Whitman's America is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: David S. Reynolds
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/19/1996
ISBN: 9780679767091
Pages: 704
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 1.41d
Review Citations: New York Times 04/14/1996 pg. 32
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 48
Publishers Weekly 02/19/1996
New York Review of Books 09/22/2005 pg. 22
Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and
Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age. Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery "b'hoys"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, Walt Whitman's America is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: David S. Reynolds
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/19/1996
ISBN: 9780679767091
Pages: 704
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 1.41d
Review Citations: New York Times 04/14/1996 pg. 32
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 48
Publishers Weekly 02/19/1996
New York Review of Books 09/22/2005 pg. 22
Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age. Combing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery "b'hoys"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, Walt Whitman's America is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: David S. Reynolds
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/19/1996
ISBN: 9780679767091
Pages: 704
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 1.41d
Review Citations: New York Times 04/14/1996 pg. 32
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 48
Publishers Weekly 02/19/1996
New York Review of Books 09/22/2005 pg. 22
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