Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literat Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction to His Life and Work, Book 24, (Paperback)

This introductory guide to Walt Whitman weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works.

- An innovative introductory guide to Walt Whitman.

- Weaves together the writer's life with an examination of his works.

- Focuses especially on Whitman's evolving masterpiece Leaves of Grass.

- Examines the material conditions and products of Whitman's "scripted life", including his original manuscripts.

- Investigates Whitman's "life in print" - his belief that he could literally embody himself in his books.

- Linked to a large electronic archive of Whitman's work at www.whitmanarchive.org