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Synopsis
A detailed reconstruction of Whitman's life and times considers the poet's years of apprenticeship on New York newspapers, his experiences in the Civil War, and his lifetime devotion to the writing and reworking of Leaves of Grass
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in-8, cartonnage sous jaquette de l'éditeur, 429 pp., planches en noir, index. Très bon état. Exemplaire signé par l'auteur.
About the Author
Justin Kaplan is also the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He is general editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to the novelist Anne Bernays. They have three daughters and six grandchildren, and live in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts.
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Condition: Good. Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive. --Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation.and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made words sing, dance, kiss, copulate for an entire world to hear. Seller Inventory # 00110006299
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Condition: Fair. Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive. --Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation.and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made words sing, dance, kiss, copulate for an entire world to hear. Seller Inventory # 00106600963
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Condition: Fair. Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive. --Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation.and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made words sing, dance, kiss, copulate for an entire world to hear. Seller Inventory # CIN0671225421A
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Condition: Good. Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive. --Newsweek A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation.and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made words sing, dance, kiss, copulate for an entire world to hear. Seller Inventory # CIN0671225421G
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