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Walt Whitman : the measure of his song

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  • Contributor: Campion, Dan; Folsom, Ed; Perlman, Jim
    Date:
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    2013
    Summary:

    This monumental anthology charts the ongoing American and international response to the legacy of the seminal poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous 1855 letter ("I greet you at the beginning of a great career..."), this edition contains responses from Thoreau, Pound, Lawrence, Neruda, Borges, Ginsberg, Jordan, Duncan, Le Sueur, Rich, Snyder and Alexie, among many others.

    Genre:
    Essays
    Subject(s): Twentieth century | American Poetry | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | Criticism, interpretation, etc.
    Original Publisher: Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press, 1998
    Language(s): English