Walt Whitman, a life
A detailed reconstruction of Whitman's life and times considers the poet's years of apprenticeship on New York newspapers, his experiences in the Civil War, and his lifetime devotion to the writing and reworking of Leaves of Grass. Reprint.
Biographies
1 v. (429 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780060535117, 0060535113
494427541
| 1 Mickle Street | 11 | (22) | |||
| 2 Burial House | 33 | (22) | |||
| 3 "Mother, Father, Water, Barth, Me ..." | 55 | (19) | |||
| 4 "The Shadow and the Light of a Young Man's Soul" | 74 | (21) | |||
| 5 "This is the city and I am one of the citizens . . . " | 95 | (19) | |||
| 96 | (18) | |||
| 6 "The word final, superior to all ... what is it?" | 114 | (10) | |||
| 7 Manifest Destiny | 124 | (22) | |||
| 8 Wonderland | 146 | (19) | |||
| 9 Phalanxes | 165 | (19) | |||
| 10 Illuminations | 184 | (18) | |||
| 11 "The beginning of a great career" | 202 | (21) | |||
| 12 "The Ocean of Life" | 223 | (18) | |||
| 13 Meteors | 241 | (29) | |||
| 14 "America, brought to hospital in her fair youth" | 270 | (33) | |||
| 15 Good Gray Poet | 303 | (26) | |||
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| 16 Passages | 329 | (21) | |||
| 17 Timber Creek | 350 | (23) | |||
| NOTES | 373 | (32) | |||
| INDEX | 405 |