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Walt Whitman

A Life

by Justin Kaplan
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The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author "gives us flesh and blood Whitman in this fine and sensitive biography" (The Boston Globe).
A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet—his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility—an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation . . . and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made "words sing, dance, kiss, copulate" for an entire world to hear.
"Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking—hugely human, enormously attractive." —Newsweek

"Not only readable, but dramatic." —The New York Times Book Review
"A buoyant, energizing book." —The Nation
"Brilliant." —Publishers Weekly

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  • Release date

    November 21, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9780062339782

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      • ISBN: 9780062339782
      • File size: 1188 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 15, 2003
      Kaplan snagged the National Book Award for this 1980 portrait of Uncle Walt. Graciously, the book refrains from becoming one of those biographies that contain all the technical details on the subject's life while ignoring the soul. Kaplan draws Whitman's personality from his work and presents the man as a whole human being. Essential.

      Copyright 2003 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Library Journal

      January 1, 2004
      Kaplan's 1980 National Book Award- winning portrait of Uncle Walt draws Whitman's personality from his works to present the whole man. (LJ 9/15/03)

      Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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