a cultural biography Reynolds, David S. 1948- creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Knopf 1995 1st ed. monographic eng

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xii, 671 p. ; 25 cm. Exploring the full range of writings by and about Whitman - not just his most famous work but also his earliest poems and stories, his conversations, letters, journals, newspaper writings, and daybooks - Reynolds gives us a full, rounded picture of the man, of his creative blending of disparate ideas and images, and his contradictory stances on race, class, and gender. Whitman's uniqueness is shown to spring "Underneath all, nativity": literary genealogy, literary geography -- A Brooklyn boyhood: sights, surroundings, influences -- Dark passages: teaching and early authorship -- Mannahatta: the literary marketplace and urban reality -- "The United States need poets": the political and social crisis -- American performances: theater, oratory, music -- "Sex is the root of it all": eroticism and gender -- Earth, body, soul: science and religion -- Toward a popular aesthetic: the visual arts -- "I contain multitudes": the first edition of Leaves of Grass. "The murderous delays": in search of an audience -- Brotherly love, national war: into the 1860s -- "My book and the war are one": the Washington years -- Reconstructing a nation, reconstructing a poet: postbellum institutions -- The burden of atlas: the new America -- The pope of Mickle Street: the final years. David S. Reynolds. Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-638) and index. n-us--- Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Knowledge America Whitman, Walt, (Walter) 1819-1892 Poets, American 19th century Biography Poetas estadounidenses Siglo XIX Biografías United States Civilization 19th century B PS 3231 W615R 1995 811/.3 0394580230 9780394580234 94012841 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/94012841.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/94012841.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/94012841.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/94012841.html DLC 940513 20230411090657.0 2540914