Whitman in Washington: Becoming the National Poet in the Federal City

by Kenneth M Price

Book Overview

During Walt Whitman's decade in Washington, DC, 1863-1873, he labored intensely, at times seeming to have three lives at once. He wrote the most distinguished journalism of his career; came into his own as a writer of letters; crafted memorable Civil War poetry, Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-Taps and later folded it into heavily revised and expanded versions of Leaves of Grass; and produced his searching but also flawed critique of American culture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198840934
• ISBN13: 9780198840930
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"