Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction to His Life and Work

by Ed Folsom, Ed Folsom

This introductory guide to Walt Whitman weaves together the writer’s life with an examination of his works.
· An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman.
· Weaves together the writer’s life with an examination of his works.
· Focuses especially on Whitman’s evolving masterpiece Leaves of Grass .
· Examines the material conditions and products of Whitman’s “scripted life”, including his original manuscripts.
· Investigates Whitman’s “life in print” – his belief that he could literally embody himself in his books.
· Linked to a large electronic archive of Whitman’s work at www.whitmanarchive.org

174 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Ed Folsom, the Roy J. Carver professor of English at the University of Iowa, is the editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, codirector of the online Whitman Archive, and editor of the Whitman Series at the University of Iowa Press. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.

Reviews

[harvey hanson · Rating 5 out of 5]

why am i crying over a walt whitman biography