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Walt Whitman and the Making of Jewish American Poetry /

"Walt Whitman, though not a Jewish poet, has served as a crucial figure within the tradition of Jewish American poetry, starting in the mid-nineteenth century, until today. However, the genealogy of Jewish American poets responding to Whitman is wider and more nuanced than often recognized. Due...

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Autor principal: Barnat, Dara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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