"Not only does Davis encourage us to re-value work that used to be dismissed as minor . . . he also places Whitman at a peculiar nexus of diverse groups, and diverse cultural practices, that turn out to be surprisingly exemplary of American (and democratic) concerns."--Tenney Nathanson, University of Arizona "This is a powerful and innovative study of Whitman's Civil War hospital writings. It offers the best reading so far of these challenging texts. . . . Davis makes one of the most persuasive and fascinating cases I've ...
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"Not only does Davis encourage us to re-value work that used to be dismissed as minor . . . he also places Whitman at a peculiar nexus of diverse groups, and diverse cultural practices, that turn out to be surprisingly exemplary of American (and democratic) concerns."--Tenney Nathanson, University of Arizona "This is a powerful and innovative study of Whitman's Civil War hospital writings. It offers the best reading so far of these challenging texts. . . . Davis makes one of the most persuasive and fascinating cases I've seen for the much-contested relationship between artistic representation and political representation."--Ed Folsom, author of "Walt Whitman's Native Representations"
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WHITMAN, Walt. Near fine in fine jacket. x, 190 pages. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1997). Pages toned, else a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
