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050	1	4	_aB PS 3231 _bW615R 1996
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100	1		_aReynolds, David S., _d1948- _97076
245	1	0	_aWalt Whitman's America : _ba cultural biography / _cDavid S. Reynolds.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bVintage Books, _c1996.
300			_axii, 671 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 594-638) and index.
520			_aIn 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.
600	1	0	_aWhitman, Walt, _d1819-1892 _xKnowledge _zAmerica.
600	1	4	_aWhitman, Walt, _97073 _q(Walter), _d1819-1892
650		0	_aPoets, American _y19th century _vBiography.
650		4	_aPoetas estadounidenses _vBiografías.
651		0	_aUnited States _xCivilization _y19th century.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random051/94012841.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/94012841.html
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