Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary by Whitman, Walt

Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781609384654)

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Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary by Whitman, Walt

Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary

$24.95
Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary by Whitman, Walt

Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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This book offers the most comprehensive and detailed reading to date of Song of Myself. One of the most distinguished critics in Whitman Studies, Ed Folsom, and one of the nation's most prominent writers and literary figures, Christopher Merrill, carry on a dialog with Whitman, and with each other, section by section, as they invite readers to enter into the conversation about how the poem develops, moves, improvises, and surprises. Instead of picking and choosing particular passages to support a reading of the poem, Folsom and Merrill take Whitman at his word and interact with "every atom" of his work. The book presents Whitman's final version of the poem, arranged in fifty-two sections; each section is followed by Folsom's detailed critical examination of the passage, and then Merrill offers a poet's perspective, suggesting broader contexts for thinking about both the passage in question and the entire poem.

Author: Walt Whitman
ISBN-10: 1609384652
ISBN-13: 9781609384654
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2016
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d
By Walt Whitman
By Walt Whitman
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Ed Folsom, the Roy J. Carver Professor of English at the University of Iowa, is the editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, codirector of the online Whitman Archive, and editor of the Whitman Series at the University of Iowa Press. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

Christopher Merrill has published numerous collections of poetry, edited volumes, books of translations, and nonfiction, including Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Wars, Things of the Hidden God: Journey to the Holy Mountain, and The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War. He is the director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

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