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Autore |
Thomas M. Wynn |
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Titolo |
Transatlantic Connections [[electronic resource] ] : Whitman U.S., Whitman U.K |
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Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, American, in literature |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- England |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Preface; Whitman U.S.; One. A Tale of Two Cities; Two. The New Urban Politics; Three. Leaves of Grass and The Song of Hiawatha; Four. The Dreams of Labor; Five. Fratricide and Brotherly Love; Six. Weathering the Storm; Whitman U.K.; Seven. The English Whitman; Eight. Lawrence's Whitman; Nine. "What a Welshman You Would Have Been"; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this series of textual readings and cultural comparisons, M. Wynn Thomas explores Whitman's amazing ability to appeal across distances and centuries. The book's contrasting sections reflect the two locations studied: the first shows Whitman in his time and place, while the second repositions him within the cultures of England and Wales from the late 19th to the late 20th century. In the opening chapter he is placed against the vivid, outrageous background of the New York of his time; the second finds evidence in his poetry of a critique of the new urban politics of the emerging city boss; t |
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