This comprehensive, original portrait of the life and work of
one of America''s greatest poets--set in the social, cultural, and
political context of his time--considers the full range of writings
by and about Whitman, including his early poems and stories, his
conversations, letters, journals, newspaper writings, and day
books. of photos.
關於作者:
David S. Reynolds is Distinguished Professor of American
Literature and American Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate
School of the City University of New York. Born and raised in Rhode
Island, he received his B.A. from Amherst College and his Ph.D.
from the University of California, Berkeley. He has previously
taught at Rutgers University, New York University, Barnard College,
and Northwestern University. He is the author of the monumental
Beneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the
Age of Emerson and Melville, winner of the Christian Gauss award.
His other publications include Faith in Fiction: The Emergence of
Religious Literature in America;George Lippard; and George Lippard,
Prophet of Protest: Writintgs of an American Radical, 1822-1854
edited anthology. He is the editor of George Lippard''s novel The
Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall and the author of numerous
articles and reviews in the field of American literature and
culture, including "Of Me I Sing: Whitman in His Time" The New
York Times Book Review.
目錄:
Acknowledgments
Introductor2" Note
Prologue
1 "Underneath All, Nativity": Literary
Genealog~
Literary Geography
2 A Brooklyn Boyhood: Sights, Surroundings,
Influences
3 Dark Passages: Teaching and Early Authorship
4 Mannahatta: The Literary Marketplace and Urban
Reality
5 "The United States Need Poets": The Political
and
Social Crisis
6 American Performances: Theater, Oratory, Music
7 "Sex Is the Root of It All": Eroticism and
Gender
8 Earth, Body, Soul: Science and Religion
9 Toward a Popular Aesthetic: The Visual Arts
10 "I Contain Multitudes": The First Edition of
Leaves
of Grass
11 "The Murderous Delays": In Search of an
Audience
12 Brotherly Love, National War: Into the 186os
13 "My Book and the War Are One": The Washington
Years
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