Walt Whitman in Context

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Walt Whitman in Context is written by Joanna Levin and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1108314473 (ISBN 10) and 9781108314473 (ISBN 13).

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.