{"product_id":"walt-whitmans-america-isbn-9780679767091","title":"Walt Whitman's America","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombing through the full range of Whitman's writing, David Reynolds shows how Whitman gathered inspiration from every stratum of nineteenth-century American life: the convulsions of slavery and depression; the raffish dandyism of the Bowery \"b'hoys\"; the exuberant rhetoric of actors, orators, and divines. We see how Whitman reconciled his own sexuality with contemporary social mores and how his energetic courtship of the public presaged the vogues of advertising and celebrity. Brilliantly researched, captivatingly told, \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman's America\u003c\/b\u003e is a triumphant work of scholarship that breathes new life into the biographical genre.\"Remarkably informative...I marked on page after page things about Whitman and his America I never knew before.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Alfred Kazin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exhaustive...fascinating...an evocative portrait.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reynolds stands alone in showing, almost day by day, the finest roots of Whitman's genius...His scholarship lights Whitman from within.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003eDavid S. Reynolds is Distinguished Professor of American Literature and American Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Born and raised in Rhode Island, he received his B.A. from Amherst College and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He has previously taught at Rutgers University, New York University, Barnard College, and Northwestern University. He is the author of the monumental \u003cb\u003eBeneath the American Renaissance: The Subversive Imagination in the Age of Emerson and Melville\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Christian Gauss award.  His other publications include \u003cb\u003eFaith in Fiction: The Emergence of Religious Literature in America\u003c\/b\u003e;\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lippard\u003c\/b\u003e; and \u003cb\u003eGeorge Lippard, Prophet of Protest: Writintgs of an American Radical, 1822-1854\u003c\/b\u003e (edited anthology). He is the editor of George Lippard's novel \u003cb\u003eThe Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall\u003c\/b\u003e and the author of numerous articles and reviews in the field of American literature and culture, including \"Of Me I Sing: Whitman in His Time\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304880132325,"sku":"NP9780679767091","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679767091.jpg?v=1767743576","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/walt-whitmans-america-isbn-9780679767091","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}