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Walt Whitman's Native Representations (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Walt Whitman's Native Representations - Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Author:Ed Folsom Walt Whitman looked to many different areas of American culture to develop a distinctively American poetry. This book investigates four of the areas he found most fertile for his own poetic development: the evolution of American dictionaries, the growth of the national sport of baseball, the decimation of American Indians, and the development of... more » American photography. From each of these cultural activities, Whitman absorbed key aesthetic lessons that helped him compose his poetry.« less