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Loading... SONGS OF OURSELVES Walt Whitman and the Dawn of Modern American Poetry (Portable Professor)by KAREN KAERBIENER
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Explores how Walt Whitman broke with European literary forms to establish a broad new voice for American poetry. His influence on his contemporaries and descendents transends the boundaries of poetry and becomes the story of young America. Discusses the influence of this 19th century American poet not only to poetry but to cultural formation of the United States. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.3Literature English (North America) American poetry Middle 19th century 1830–1861LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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