On Whitman

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C. K. Williams's personal reflection on the art of Walt Whitman

In this book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the mass of biography and literary criticism that has accumulated around Walt Whitman and attempts to go back to Leaves of Grass as he first encountered it--to explore why Whitman's epic continues to inspire and sometimes daunt him. The result is a personal reassessment and appreciation of one master poet by another, as well as an unconventional and brilliant introduction to Whitman. Beautifully written and rich with insight, this is a book that refreshes our ability to see Whitman in all his power.

Author: C. K. Williams
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01/31/2017
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.40w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780691176109

About the Author
C. K. Williams (1936-2015) won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He taught creative writing and translation at Princeton University.