WHITMAN, SLAVERY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF LEAVES OF GRASS
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by Martin Klammer
Synopsis:
An examination of the way in which Walt Whitman's emergence as a great and original poet owed much to his political thinking about the slavery question. Klammer argues that Whitman's attitudes towards slavery were central to the development of the 1855 edition of "Leaves of Grass"
Paperback: 176 pages