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American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times

Frances Winwar

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Description:Based upon the intimate and revealing material in "Leaves of Grass", the book which was himself, upon his notebooks and letters, upon his published writings and recorded conversations, this is an illuminating and definitive biography of one of the greatest figures of our American legacy. In her understanding of the artist's makeup, in her sense for the full flavor of a life and a period, in critical penetration and sheer literary skill--for all of which she is distinguished--Miss Winwar here surpasses any of her well known works."American Giant" is the most complete life of Whitman to date. It paints Whitman's childhood background in Long Island and Brooklyn, traces the Quaker and liberal influences during his boyhood, and gives a vivid picture of his family and antecedents. It shows Whitman's career as printer's devil, country schoolteacher, typesetter, editor, carpenter, wound-dresser, civil servant and, most important of all, poet.It examines the influences upon Whitman of Elias Hicks, Thomas Paine, Jefferson, Emerson, Margaret Fuller and others and places them in their true relation to the evolution of "Leaves of Grass". It restores Walt Whitman the giant, "free, fresh, savage, fluent, luxuriant, sef-content," to his rightful place against the Good Gray Poet that has so long usurped it.The life of Whitman, as the book progresses, is set against the history of America with which he identified himself: the expansion of the country, its expeditions, its social life, the religious, utopian, literary and reform movements--the story of America's growth and struggle towards Democracy which was the poet's religion and the very sap of "Leaves of Grass".We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times. To get started finding American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 341

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers

Release: 1941

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Description: Based upon the intimate and revealing material in "Leaves of Grass", the book which was himself, upon his notebooks and letters, upon his published writings and recorded conversations, this is an illuminating and definitive biography of one of the greatest figures of our American legacy. In her understanding of the artist's makeup, in her sense for the full flavor of a life and a period, in critical penetration and sheer literary skill--for all of which she is distinguished--Miss Winwar here surpasses any of her well known works."American Giant" is the most complete life of Whitman to date. It paints Whitman's childhood background in Long Island and Brooklyn, traces the Quaker and liberal influences during his boyhood, and gives a vivid picture of his family and antecedents. It shows Whitman's career as printer's devil, country schoolteacher, typesetter, editor, carpenter, wound-dresser, civil servant and, most important of all, poet.It examines the influences upon Whitman of Elias Hicks, Thomas Paine, Jefferson, Emerson, Margaret Fuller and others and places them in their true relation to the evolution of "Leaves of Grass". It restores Walt Whitman the giant, "free, fresh, savage, fluent, luxuriant, sef-content," to his rightful place against the Good Gray Poet that has so long usurped it.The life of Whitman, as the book progresses, is set against the history of America with which he identified himself: the expansion of the country, its expeditions, its social life, the religious, utopian, literary and reform movements--the story of America's growth and struggle towards Democracy which was the poet's religion and the very sap of "Leaves of Grass".We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times. To get started finding American Giant: Walt Whitman and His Times, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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