A Companion To Walt Whitman

Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars thiscompanion constitutes an exceptionally broadranging and indepth guide to oneof Americ... » 

Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars thiscompanion constitutes an exceptionally broadranging and indepth guide to oneof Americas greatest poets.Makes the best and most uptodate thinking on Whitman available to studentsDesigned to make readers more aware of the social and cultural contexts ofWhitmans work and of the experimental nature of his writing Includescontributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works a compact biographyof the poet and a bibliography «