This volume, a significant contribution to the reception history of Leaves of Grass, Specimen Days and other works, reproduces the full range of the contemporary reviews of Whitman's various books. Brash and iconoclastic, revered and reviled at various times, Whitman - because of his bold literary experiments and frank treatment of sexuality - came in for an astonishing array of commentary ranging from sympathy with his 'hearty wholesomeness' to hostility toward poems that were a 'mass of stupid filth'. Reviews by Rufus ...
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This volume, a significant contribution to the reception history of Leaves of Grass, Specimen Days and other works, reproduces the full range of the contemporary reviews of Whitman's various books. Brash and iconoclastic, revered and reviled at various times, Whitman - because of his bold literary experiments and frank treatment of sexuality - came in for an astonishing array of commentary ranging from sympathy with his 'hearty wholesomeness' to hostility toward poems that were a 'mass of stupid filth'. Reviews by Rufus Griswold, Fanny Fern, John Burroughs, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Hamlin Garland, Oscar Wilde and (writing anonymously) Whitman himself, together with a host of lesser-known writers clarify much about both the poet and nineteenth-century American culture and its tastes and preoccupations, its myopia and acuity. These reviewers first framed the issues for critical debate and shaped Whitman's long-term reputation.
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As New. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7æ-9æ" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in gold, no dust-jacket. 356 pages. Index. First edition. A compilation of the critical reception which accompanied the publication of Leaves of Grass, Specimen Days and other works by Walt Whitman. These reviews run the gamut from jubilant praise to irate castigation and were penned by many of the leading writers and critics of the time, including, sub rosa, Whitman himself. No previous ownership marks. Small old price sticker from the Strand bookstore in NYC, dated 11/97 inside front cover, else a fine copy. Book is clean, tight, fresh and unmarked, appears unread. As new.
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