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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheCambridgeIntroductiontoWaltWhitmanWaltWhitmanisoneofthemostinnovativeandinfluentialAmericanpoetsofthenineteenthcentury.FocusingonhismasterpieceLeavesofGrass,thisbookprovidesafoundationforthestudyofWhitmanasanexperimentalpoe
2、t,aradicaldemocrat,andahistoricalpersonalityintheeraoftheAmericanCivilWar,thegrowthofthegreatcities,andthewestwardexpansionoftheUnitedStates.Alwaysacontroversialandimportantfigure,Whitmancontinuestoattracttheadmirationofpoets,artists,critics,politicalactiv
3、ists,andreadersaroundtheworld.Thosestudyinghisworkforthefirsttimewillfindthisaninvaluablebook.Alongsideclosereadingsofthemajortexts,chaptersonWhitman’sbiography,thehistoryandcultureofhistime,andthecriticalreceptionofhisworkprovideacomprehensiveunderstanding
4、ofWhitmanandofhowhehasbecomesuchacentralfigureintheAmericanliterarycanon.M.JimmieKillingsworthisProfessorofEnglishatTexasA&MUniversity.HehaspublishedwidelyonWhitmanandonnineteenth-centuryAmericanliterature.CambridgeIntroductionstoLiteratureThisseriesisdesi
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