Walter Lowenfels (1897–1976)
Author of Walt Whitman's Civil War
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Works by Walter Lowenfels
Associated Works
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson (2000) — Contributor — 443 copies, 1 review
Selections from Leaves of Grass (1970) — Introduction, some editions; Editor, some editions — 328 copies, 4 reviews
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 182 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1897-05-10
- Date of death
- 1976-07-09
- Gender
- male
- Organizations
- Communist Party USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Florence, Italy
Paris, France
Mays Landing, New Jersey, USA - Place of death
- Tarrytown, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
Walt Whitman - the transcendentalist. This book consists of a handful of short pieces (some really short, some longer) that are all reflecting on the Civil War. A lot of it, for me, was just really tragic but all written in the classic Whitman style, so in that way it was riveting despite the content.
This book weaves together excerpts from Whitman's correspondence and diaries from the war years with his war poetry. It is a different approach to Whitman. I found that better understanding the context of the poems made them all the more vivid.
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Statistics
- Works
- 24
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 297
- Popularity
- #78,941
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 12