Walt Whitman in Context

Walt Whitman is a poet of contexts. His poetic practice was one of observing, absorbing, and then reflecting the world around him. Walt Whitman in Context provides brief, provocative explorations of thirty-eight different contexts - geographic, literary, cultural, and political - through which to engage Whitman's life and work. Written by distinguished scholars of Whitman and nineteenth-century American literature and culture, this collection synthesizes scholarly and historical sources and brings together new readings and original research.

Author: Joanna Levin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/31/2018
Pages: 450
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.35w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781108418959

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2019

About the Author
Levin, Joanna: - Joanna Levin is an associate professor and chair of the English Department at Chapman University, California. She is the author of Bohemia in America, 1858-1920 and co-editor, with Edward Whitley, of Whitman among the Bohemians (2014).Whitley, Edward: - Edward Whitley is an associate professor in the English Department at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. He is the author of American Bards: Walt Whitman and Other Unlikely Candidates for National Poet (2010) and co-editor, with Joanna Levin, of Whitman among the Bohemians (2014).