Walt Whitman

<br>"A good, enlightening introduction to a still-controversial figure."--Booklist<br>"A compelling portrait of a great American poet..... Conveys Mr. Reynolds's capacious grasp of the literature about Whitman, his reading of the primary sources, and his own well-considered view of the man and poet."--Carl Rollyson, New York Sun<br>"Precise and provocative, learned and lucid.... Reynolds is eminently equipped for the task of reducing to a sonnet the epic of Whitman's life. A Bancroft winner, Reynolds knows the historical period (and the details of Whitman's life) so thoroughly that he can find the essence--the quintessence, really--of a vast complexity.... A concise and well-considered summary of the forces--biographical, social, cultural--that combined in fashioning our most original and democratic poetic voice."--Kirkus Reviews<br>"Reynolds skillfully illustrates Whitman's transformation into a poet and shows how he transformed various elements of his time (e.g., the Civil War, theat Ler mais...