Walt Whitman: A Life
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“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.
Justin Kaplan
Justin Kaplan is the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and of Walt Whitman: A Life, which won the American Book Award. He is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, novelist Anne Bernays.
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Reviews for Walt Whitman
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I have to admit I bogged down sometime after the Civil War. But then I keep bogging down in Leaves of Grass as well. Hope your mileage varies. Whitman was an interesting guy.