"Whitman emerges from this biography alive and kicking--hugely human, enormously attractive." --Newsweek

A moving, penetrating, sharply focused portrait of America's greatest poet--his genius, his passions, his androgynous sensibility--an exuberant life entwined with the turbulent history of mid-nineteenth century America. In vivid detail, Justin Kaplan, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, examines the mysterious selves of this enigmatic man whose bold voice of joy and sexual liberation embraced a growing nation...and exposes the quintessential Whitman, that perfect poet whose astonishing verse made "words sing, dance, kiss, copulate" for an entire world to hear.

--New York Times Book Review

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/08/2003
ISBN: 9780060535117
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.83d

Review Citations: Library Journal 09/15/2003 pg. 97
Library Journal 01/01/2004 pg. 170