Walt Whitman speaks: his final thoughts on life, writing, spirituality, and the promise of America, as told to Horace Traubel ; edited and with an introduction by Brenda Wineapple

"Here is Whitman the sage, champion of expansiveness and human freedom. Here too, is the poet's more personal side--his vivid memories of Thoreau, Emerson, and Lincoln, his literary judgments of writers such as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Tolstoy, and his expressions of hope in the democratic...

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Main Authors: Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 (Author), Traubel, Horace 1858-1919 (Author)
Other Authors: Wineapple, Brenda (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. Library of America 2019
Series:Library of America / Special publication
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Summary:"Here is Whitman the sage, champion of expansiveness and human freedom. Here too, is the poet's more personal side--his vivid memories of Thoreau, Emerson, and Lincoln, his literary judgments of writers such as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Tolstoy, and his expressions of hope in the democratic promise of the nation he loved. The result is a keepsake edition to touch the soul, capturing the distilled wisdom of America's greatest poet"--from Jacket
Physical Description:xxv, 196 Seiten 19 cm
ISBN:9781598536140