Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary (Iowa Whitman Series) - Softcover

Whitman, Walt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1609384652 ISBN 13: 9781609384654

Publisher: University Of Iowa Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book offers the most comprehensive and detailed reading to date of Song of Myself. One of the most distinguished critics in Whitman Studies, Ed Folsom, and one of the nation’s most prominent writers and literary figures, Christopher Merrill, carry on a dialog with Whitman, and with each other, section by section, as they invite readers to enter into the conversation about how the poem develops, moves, improvises, and...

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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.

Christopher Merrill has published numerous collections of poetry, edited volumes, books of translations, and nonfiction, including Only the Nails Remain: Scenes...

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Review

“This is a nearly perfect introduction to Song of Myself, with a great Whitman scholar and a terrific poet who love this breathtaking, funny, heartbreaking visionary poem at the center of American literature, talking to each other and to you as they read it. There couldn’t be a better guide except perhaps Whitman himself.”—Robert Hass, author, Time and Materials, Poems 1997–2005, National Book Award winner 

“This book offers the fresh...

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Edition details

• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1609384652
• ISBN 13: 9781609384654
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256