Walt Whitman, Yesterday & Today
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Hostile reviews provide the starting point for Henry Eduard Legler's study of Walt Whitman's changing reputation. Drawing on American and English newspapers and magazines, he sets attacks on Leaves of Grass beside Ralph Waldo Emerson's letter of encouragement. The early volume's twelve poems, unusual appearance and unconventional language help explain the literary expectations against which Whitman's work was judged.
Legler then turns to the expanding body of biographies and critical essays, tracing a movement toward wider appreciation while allowing room for mixed judgments. An extended account of American landscapes, cities, farms and industry links Whitman's poetry with democracy and personal freedom.
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Book facts
- Author
- Henry Eduard Legler
- Reading time
- About 45 minutes
- Pages
- 30
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online