"Always urging readers toward a more sublime appreciation for the genius of Walt Whitman, Harold Bloom has recently argued that "no comparable figure in the arts has emerged from the last four centuries in the Americas: North, Central, South, or the Caribbean." This collection-r…
Presents a critical destruction of the 'New Criticism' of modern poetry and a destructive reading of the poetry of Whitman, Stevens, and Olson. Also includes an analysis of how modern and postmodern poetry destroys the notion of 'tradition' in the sense of a set of interrelation…
"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,…
Song of myself: with a complete commentary
Song of myself: with a complete commentary
"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,…
"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,…