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1 online resource (1 audio file (28hr., 47 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by John Lescault. |
| Summary |
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. 8 - Earth, Body, Soul: Science and Religionsub- Science and Pseudosciencesub- Religion and Philosophysub- Body Electirc Speeding Through Space9- Toward a Popular Aesthetic: The Visual Artssub- The Well-Taken Photographsub- The Gospel of Beautysub- In Search of a Democratic Art10 - I Contain Multitudes: The First Edition of Leaves of Grasssub- The 1855 Edition in Literary Contextsub- Something for Everyone11 - The Murderous Delays: In Search of an Audiencesub-The Reception of the 1855 Editionsub- Depressionssub- Amazing Changessub- Man of the Fiftiessub- The Daily Times and Bohemia12 - Brotherly Love, National War: Into the 1860ssub- An Elegant Booksub- "Calamus" Lovesub- Onset of War13 - My Book and the War Are One: The Washington Yearssub- Welcome the Stormsub- The Whited Sepulchresyv- Among the Big Bugssub- My Captain14 - Reconstructing a Nation, Reconstructing a Poet: Postbellum Institutionssub- The Whhitman Mythsub- Making concessionssub- Undemocratic Vistassub- Taking Care of Businesssub- Personal Tensions, Public Posessub- Maneuverings15 - The Burden of Atlas: The New Americasub - Sacred Industsrysub - The Dark Yearssub- Neglect, Imagined and Realsub- Visitors and Visitssub- Conventionality and Comstockery16 - The Pope of Mickle Street: The Final Yearssub- Shabby Digs, Rich Friendssub- Quarrels, Recollectionssub- Fame and Debilitysub- Family and Friendssub- Old Age's Lambent Peakssub- Dirt and Cloudssub- Finale "Remarkably informative…I marked on page after page things about Whitman and his America I never knew before." "Not only the best book on Whitman in over a generation, but also one of the most valuable studies in American cultural history of the last decade." "Reynolds has given us one of the best portraits of our best poet…He is brilliant in finding so many new contexts for Leaves of Grass. A refreshing and welcome addition to Whitman scholarship." "Reynolds splendidly examines the culture that formed the greatest American poet and the great American poem." "David S. Reynolds is a brilliant writer and historian of unusually broad scope. He is a profound scholar, combining history and literary criticism to examine our country on all levels, all the while writing fluidly so that his books are a joy to read. I like everything about Reynolds' writing. Try one of his books and see what you think." |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Biography |
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Audiobooks
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| Added Author |
Lescault, John.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781094080383 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1094080381 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13338328 |
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