U.S. & Canadian Poetry - 19th Century - Literary Criticism, Literary Criticism - U.S. Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous, National Characteristics - North America

Whitman and the American Idiom

Name: Whitman and the American Idiom
Author: Mark Bauerlein
ISBN: 9780807116814

by Mark Bauerlein

Write a review

About the Author, Mark Bauerlein

Mark Bauerlein

Mark Bauerlein is a professor of English at Emory University and has worked as a director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw studies about culture and American life.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Log in to write one.

Editorials

Booknews

By analyzing the three editions of Leaves of grass and selected other works published between 1850 and 1860, Bauerlein demonstrates that Whitman's efforts to employ a natural language in a new American poetry were ultimately frustrated by his realization that writing imposes questions of representation that undermine the drive for a language of spontaneity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)