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To Walt Whitman, America
Kenneth M. Price
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Paperback. In an analysis of Whitman as a quintessential American icon, Price shows how his ubiquity and his extraordinarily malleable identity have contributed to the ongoing process of shaping the character of the United States. Price examines Whitman's writings as well as those of writers who were influenced by him. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Walt Whitman ""is America,"" according to Ezra Pound. More than a century after his death, Whitman's name regularly appears in political speeches, architectural inscriptions, television programs, and films, and it adorns schools, summer camps, truck stops, corporate centers, and shopping malls. In an analysis of Whitman as a quintessential American icon, Kenneth Price shows how his ubiquity and his extraordinarily malleable identity have contributed to the ongoing process of shaping the character of the United States. Price examines Whitman's own writings as well as those of writers who were influenced by him, paying particular attention to Whitman's legacies for an ... Read more
Walt Whitman ""is America,"" according to Ezra Pound. More than a century after his death, Whitman's name regularly appears in political speeches, architectural inscriptions, television programs, and films, and it adorns schools, summer camps, truck stops, corporate centers, and shopping malls. In an analysis of Whitman as a quintessential American icon, Kenneth Price shows how his ubiquity and his extraordinarily malleable identity have contributed to the ongoing process of shaping the character of the United States. Price examines Whitman's own writings as well as those of writers who were influenced by him, paying particular attention to Whitman's legacies for an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807855188
SKU
V9780807855188
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About Kenneth M. Price
Kenneth M. Price is Hillegass Professor of American Literature at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is author of Whitman and Tradition: The Poet in His Century and coeditor of The Walt Whitman Archive, www whitmanarchive.org.
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