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Walt Whitman / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Updated ed.

New York : Chelsea House Publishers, ©2006.

viii, 263 pages ; 25 cm.

"Always urging readers toward a more sublime appreciation for the genius of Walt Whitman, Harold Bloom has recently argued that "no comparable figure in the arts has emerged from the last four centuries in the Americas: North, Central, South, or the Caribbean." This collection-revised and expanded since its original appearance in 1985 to include essays by such luminaries as John Hollander, Angus Fletcher, David Bromwich, and Helen Vendler-attests to the truth of Bloom's daring claim. These essays offer a variety of approaches to Whitman, situating his major works within their relevant social and historical contexts, but seeking foremost to enlarge and refine our understanding of his astonishingly innovative rhythms and figures. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Bloom's modern critical views

Bloom's modern critical views.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Bloom, Harold.

Updated edition of Walt Whitman, in the Modern critical views series, published in 1985.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.

Introduction / Harold Bloom -- Whitman / D.H. Lawrence -- Policy made personal : Whitman's verse and prose-salient traits / Kenneth Burke -- Walt Whitman : always going out and coming in / R.W.B. Lewis -- Whitman's image of voice : to the tally of my soul / Harold Bloom -- Native models / Kerry C. Larson -- A simple separate person / David Bromwich -- Reading / Mark Bauerlein -- Whitman's difficult availability / John Hollander -- Poetry and the mediation of value : Whitman on Lincoln / Helen Vendler -- The Whitman phrase / Angus Fletcher -- Afterthought / Harold Bloom.

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