Re-Scripting Walt Whitman
Subtitle: An Introduction to His Life and Work (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited; Blackwell Pub.
Published: August 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781405118187
Subjects: Biography: general; Poetry & poets: 19th century; Poets, American; Biography/Autobiography; American - General; Whitman, Walt,; Literary Criticism; Biography / Autobiography; American English; General; Literary; Poetry; Semiotics & Theory; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; POETS_BIOGRAPHY; WHITMAN, WALT, 1819-1892; 19th century; 1819-1892; 19e siáecle; Biographies; Biography; Poáetes amâericains
Description: "Taking account of Whitman's identification of himself with his books, this introductory guide weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works, especially his evolving masterpiece Leaves of Grass." "Authors Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price examine the material conditions and products of Whitman's "scripted life," including the long-overlooked original manuscripts that illuminate his motives, ideas, and writing processes. They also investigate Whitman's "life in print," the ways that his training and experience as a printer and typesetter led him to believe that he could literally transfer his identity to the printed page and embody himself in his books. The result is an innovative introduction to Walt Whitman that focuses on those places where the writer's life and work most thoroughly meld."--Jacket.