Walt Whitman: A Life (Perennial Classics) - Softcover

Kaplan, Justin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060535113 ISBN 13: 9780060535117

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2003

Synopsis

“Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking―hugely human, enormously attractive.”  ―Newsweek

A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America’s greatest poet―his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility―an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation...and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made “words sing, dance, kiss, copulate” for an entire world to hear.

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From the Back Cover:

Whitman's genius, passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility entwined to create an exuberant life amid the turbulent American mid-nineteenth century. In vivid detail, Kaplan examines the mysterious selves of the enigmatic man who celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man.

About the Author:

Justin Kaplan is also the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He is general editor of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to the novelist Anne Bernays. They have three daughters and six grandchildren, and live in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060535113
• ISBN 13: 9780060535117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464