A Century of Whitman Criticism

Miller, Edwin Haviland

Literature & Fiction

Indiana University Press

Miller, Haviland Miller, Melville: A Biography

Melville (A Venture book)

G. Braziller

Walt Whitman's "song of myself": A mosaic of interpretations

History & Criticism

University Of Iowa Press

Traces the life of the nineteenth-century New England novelist, examines each of his major works, and describes the social and political background of the period

Salem Is My Dwelling Place: Life Of Nathaniel Hawthorne

History

Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" is a remarkable encyclopedia of how Whitman's greatest poem has been received by critics and poets since its appearance in 1855. From the beginning the poem has posed difficulties for readers because of the absence of rhyme, the free meter, the startling introduction of nonpoetic diction and erotic materials, and the richness and subtlety of a poet who ventured into new poetic territory in his effort to establish himself as the first bard of the democracy. Integrating the diverse views of approximately three hundred scholars, this volume does for Whitman what has been done for Shakespeare and others in variorum editions. Future readers and interpreters will now have easy access to an elaborate commentary upon which all subsequent interpretations will of necessity draw. Included in this edition is a complete facsimile of the 1855 edition of the poem, followed by an analysis of the work from section to section. An introduction reviews the background of the poem and its commentary, presenting detailed discussions of the many attempts to establish the structure of this seemingly formless poem. Also included are an appendix describing Whitman's catalogs and a bibliography of all the significant discussions of "Song of Myself" over the past 130 years. This highly useful book is destined to be the standard reference work for everyone concerned with Whitman's poetry.

Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": A Mosaic of Interpretations (Iowa Whitman Series)

Essays & Correspondence

In one of his public disavowals of autobiography, Nathaniel Hawthorne informed his readers that external traits "hide the man, instead of displaying him," directing them instead to "look through the whole range of his fictitious characters, good and evil, in order to detect any of his essential traits." In this multidimensional biography of America's first great storyteller, Edwin Haviland Miller answers Hawthorne's challenge and reveals the inner landscapes of this modest, magnetic man who hid himself in his fiction. Thomas Woodson hails Miller's account as "the best biography of this most elusive of American authors."

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Melville

Persea Books Inc

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