Celebrating the various ethnic traditions that melded to create what we now call American literature, Whitman did his best to encourage an international reaction to his work. But even he would have been startled by the multitude of ways in which his call has been answered. By tracking this wholehearted international response and reconceptualizing American literature, Walt Whitman and the World demonstrates how various cultures have appropriated an American writer who ceases to sound quite so narrowly American when he is ...
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Celebrating the various ethnic traditions that melded to create what we now call American literature, Whitman did his best to encourage an international reaction to his work. But even he would have been startled by the multitude of ways in which his call has been answered. By tracking this wholehearted international response and reconceptualizing American literature, Walt Whitman and the World demonstrates how various cultures have appropriated an American writer who ceases to sound quite so narrowly American when he is read into other cultures' traditions.
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As New. Book. 8vo-over 7æ-9æ" tall. Large trade paperback. 468 pages. Selected Bibliographies. Notes on Contributors. First edition, first printing with full number line. A comprehensive study of the critical and multi-faceted appreciation of Whitman's poetry in cultures world-wide. No previous ownership marks. A new, pristine copy, unread and unmarked. New old stock.
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New. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7æ-9æ" tall. Hardcover, russet cloth lettered in silver, no dust-jacket (as issued? ). 468 pages. Selected Bibliographies. Notes on Contributors. First edition, first printing with full number line. A comprehensive study of the critical and multi-faceted appreciation of Whitman's poetry in cultures world-wide. No previous ownership marks. A new, pristine copy, unread and unmarked. New old stock.
