Bibliograph

Walt Whitman, the song of himself, Jerome Loving

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Walt Whitman, the song of himself, Jerome Loving

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-545) and index

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individual biography

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walt Whitman

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

39313629

Responsibility statement

Jerome Loving

Sub title

the song of himself

Summary

A biography of Walt Whitman, the 19th century writer hailed as the father of American poetry. It traces his life as a printer and journalist, before his self-published collection, Leaves of Grass, brought him fame. He was a great promoter, going so far as to write his own book reviews for newspapers. As a poet, he rejected regular meter and rhyme in favor of free verse and blazed the trail as a writer of erotica

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