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"Written in the aftermath of the American Civil War during the ferment of national Reconstruction, Walt Whitman's Democratic Vistas remains one of the most penetrating analyses of democracy ever written. Now available for the first time in a facsimile of the original 1870-1871 edition, wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Other Authors: Folsom, Ed, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2010.
Series:Iowa Whitman series.
Subjects:
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Political and social views.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892. > Democratic vistas.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892
Democratic vistas (Whitman, Walt)
1869-1877
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Political and social views
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1869-1877.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Written in the aftermath of the American Civil War during the ferment of national Reconstruction, Walt Whitman's Democratic Vistas remains one of the most penetrating analyses of democracy ever written. Now available for the first time in a facsimile of the original 1870-1871 edition, with an introduction and annotations by noted Whitman scholar Ed Folsom that illuminate the essay's historical and cultural contexts, this searing analysis of American culture offers readers today the opportunity to argue with Whitman over the nature of democracy and the future of the nation." --Book Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (lxvii, 143 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliography of works about Democratic vistas.
ISBN:9781587299230
1587299232

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