American Bards: Walt Whitman and Other Unlikely Candidates for National Poet

by Edward Whitley

Book Overview

Walt Whitman has long been regarded as the quintessential American bard, the poet who best represents all that is distinctive about life in the United States. Whitman himself encouraged this view, but he was also quick to remind his readers that he was an unlikely candidate for the office of national poet, and that his working-class upbringing and radical take on human sexuality often put him at odds with American culture. While American literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469615215
• ISBN13: 9781469615219
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"