Literature

On Whitman

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet C. K. Williams's personal reflection on the art of Walt Whitman

Paperback

Price:
$18.95/£15.99
ISBN:
Published:
Jan 31, 2017
2010
Pages:
208
Size:
4.5 x 7 in.
Main_subject:
Literature
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In this book, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the mass of biography and literary criticism that has accumulated around Walt Whitman and attempts to go back to Leaves of Grass as he first encountered it—to explore why Whitman’s epic “continues to inspire and sometimes daunt” him. The result is a personal reassessment and appreciation of one master poet by another, as well as an unconventional and brilliant introduction to Whitman. Beautifully written and rich with insight, this is a book that refreshes our ability to see Whitman in all his power.