Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction to His Life and WorkISBN: 978-1-4051-1818-7
Paperback
174 pages
August 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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· An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman.
· Weaves together the writer’s life with an
examination of his works.
· Focuses especially on Whitman’s evolving
masterpiece Leaves of Grass.
· Examines the material conditions and products of
Whitman’s “scripted life”, including his original
manuscripts.
· Investigates Whitman’s “life in print”
– his belief that he could literally embody himself in his
books.
· Linked to a large electronic archive of Whitman’s work at www.whitmanarchive.org