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Kaplan, Justin

Walt Whitman, a life / Justin Kaplan. - 432 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mickle Street -- Burial house -- "Mother, father, water, earth, me" -- "The shadow and the light of a young man's soul" -- "This is the city and I am one of the citizens" -- "The word final, superior to all ... what is it?" -- Manifest destiny -- Wonderland -- Phalanxes -- Illuminations -- "The beginning of a great career" -- "The ocean of life" -- Meteors -- "America, brought to hospital in her fair youth" -- Good gray poet -- Passages -- Timber Creek.

A biography of Walt Whitman providing insight into his childhood, relationships, career, and major written works. Focuses on the ways in which Whitman expressed his philosophies and ideologies in his everyday life and poetry. Includes several photographs taken from throughout Whitman's life.



National Book Award, 1981: Biography

ISBN: 0671225421 9780671225421

LCCN: 80016538

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: (AMICUS)000001473646 BA00272059 JP-ToKJK

Subjects--Personal Names:
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Poets, American--19th century--Biography

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies

LC Class. No.: PS3231 / .K3653 1980