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245 10 a| Whitman in Washingtonh| [electronic resource] :b| becoming the national poet in the federal city /c| Kenneth M. Price.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| Oxford, United Kingdom :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2020.;

300 a| xxi, 191 pages :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 23 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 8 a| During Walt Whitman's decade in Washington, DC, 1863-1873, he labored intensely, at times seeming to have three lives at once. He wrote the most distinguished journalism of his career; came into his own as a writer of letters; crafted memorable Civil War poetry, Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-Taps and later folded it into heavily revised and expanded versions of Leaves of Grass; and produced his searching but also flawed critique of American culture, Democratic Vistas. Whitman's work through the first three editions of Leaves often receives the highest praise, yet his writing in the Washington years is exceptional, too, by any reckoning-and is all the more remarkable given that he also cared for thousands of wounded and sick soldiers in Washington hospitals,0serving as an attentive visitor. In addition, he served as a government clerk in various positions, most notably in the attorney general's office when much was accomplished on the road toward a multi-racial democracy including efforts to suppress the Ku Klux Klan, and much was also missed (both by the attorney general's office and by Whitman) in the efforts to advance a more just and vibrant union. 0This book analyses Whitman's integrated life, writings, and government work in his urban context to re-evaluate the writer and the nation's capital in a time of transformation. Drawing on an expanded Whitman corpus, including nearly 3,000 Whitman documents the author recently identified in the National Archives, Whitman in Washington demonstrates that the power of Whitman's Civil War and Reconstruction writing emerges, more fully than we could ever before have imagined, from his0intimate knowledge of the capital city, its bureaucracies, and its tumultuous post-war history.;

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Whitman in Washington becoming the national poet in the federal city / Kenneth M. Price.

Author/creator	Price, Kenneth M.
Other author	Oxford University Press.
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Description	xxi, 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Subjects	Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Homes and haunts. --Washington (D.C.). Poets, American--Washington (D.C.).

Summary	During Walt Whitman's decade in Washington, DC, 1863-1873, he labored intensely, at times seeming to have three lives at once. He wrote the most distinguished journalism of his career; came into his own as a writer of letters; crafted memorable Civil War poetry, Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-Taps and later folded it into heavily revised and expanded versions of Leaves of Grass; and produced his searching but also flawed critique of American culture, Democratic Vistas. Whitman's work through the first three editions of Leaves often receives the highest praise, yet his writing in the Washington years is exceptional, too, by any reckoning-and is all the more remarkable given that he also cared for thousands of wounded and sick soldiers in Washington hospitals,0serving as an attentive visitor. In addition, he served as a government clerk in various positions, most notably in the attorney general's office when much was accomplished on the road toward a multi-racial democracy including efforts to suppress the Ku Klux Klan, and much was also missed (both by the attorney general's office and by Whitman) in the efforts to advance a more just and vibrant union. 0This book analyses Whitman's integrated life, writings, and government work in his urban context to re-evaluate the writer and the nation's capital in a time of transformation. Drawing on an expanded Whitman corpus, including nearly 3,000 Whitman documents the author recently identified in the National Archives, Whitman in Washington demonstrates that the power of Whitman's Civil War and Reconstruction writing emerges, more fully than we could ever before have imagined, from his0intimate knowledge of the capital city, its bureaucracies, and its tumultuous post-war history.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020943441
ISBN	9780198840930 (hardcover)
ISBN	0198840934 (hardcover)

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