Walt Whitman & the world /
Celebrating the various ethnic traditions that melded to create what we now call American literature, Whitman did his best to encourage an international reaction to his work. But even he would have been startled by the multitude of ways in which his call has been answered. By tracking this wholehear...
| Други автори: | Allen, Gay Wilson, 1903-1995., Folsom, Ed, 1947- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
c1995.
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| Резюме: |
Celebrating the various ethnic traditions that melded to create what we now call American literature, Whitman did his best to encourage an international reaction to his work. But even he would have been startled by the multitude of ways in which his call has been answered. By tracking this wholehearted international response and reconceptualizing American literature, Walt Whitman and the World demonstrates how various cultures have appropriated an American writer who ceases to sound quite so narrowly American when he is read into another culture's traditions. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
x, 468 p. ; 25 cm. Also issued online. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-466). |
| ISBN: |
0877454973 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780877454977 (cloth : alk. paper) 0877454981 (paper : alk. paper) 9780877454984 (paper : alk. paper) |