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Walt Whitman : A Life by Justin Kaplan (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060535113
ISBN-139780060535117
eBay Product ID (ePID)2311984
Product Key Features
Book TitleWalt Whitman : Alife
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicAmerican / General, Literary, Poetry, Lgbt
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJustin Kaplan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-048650
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Whitman emerges from this biography live and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive." -- Newsweek "Not only readable, but dramatic." -- New York Times Book Review "Kaplan gives us flesh and blood Whitman in this fine and sensitive biography." -- Boston Globe "A buoyant, energizing book." -- Nation "Brilliant." -- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal811/.3 B
Synopsis"Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive." -- Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation...and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made "words sing, dance, kiss, copulate" for an entire world to hear., Winner of the National Book Award "Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive." --Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation. . . and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made "words sing, dance, kiss, copulate" for an entire world to hear., Winner of the National Book Award "Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive." -- Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation. . . and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made "words sing, dance, kiss, copulate" for an entire world to hear.
LC Classification NumberPS3231.K3 2003
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