Walt Whitman speaks : his final thoughts on life, writing, spirituality, and the promise of America, as told to Horace Traubel ; edited and with an introduction by Brenda Wineapple.

Author/creator Traubel, Horace interviewer.
Other author Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 interviewee.
Other author Wineapple, Brenda editor, writer of introduction.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2019]
Copyright Date©2019
Descriptionxxv, 196 pages : portrait ; 19 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleWith Walt Whitman in Camden. Selections
Contents Introduction / by Brenda Wineapple -- Nature -- The human heart -- Writing -- Writers -- Reading -- Leaves of Grass -- My poetry -- Literature -- Critics -- Art and artists -- Self-reliance -- Egotism -- Self-reflection -- Women -- Love -- Sex -- Friendship -- Democracy -- America -- The Civil War -- Lincoln -- Heroes -- History -- Biography -- Politics and politicians -- Radicals -- Internationalism -- Science -- Religion -- Mystery, faith, and the universe -- Immortality -- My philosophy -- Spirituality -- Success -- Aging.
Abstract "Here is Whitman the sage, champion of expansiveness and human freedom. Here too, is the poet's more personal side--his vivid memories of Thoreau, Emerson, and Lincoln, his literary judgments of writers such as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Tolstoy, and his expressions of hope in the democratic promise of the nation he loved. The result is a keepsake edition to touch the soul, capturing the distilled wisdom of America's greatest poet"--from Jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-196).
Genre/formAnecdotes.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formInterviews.
ISBN9781598536140 (hardback)
ISBN1598536141 (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS3232 .T722 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold