On Democracy - Paperback
by Walt Whitman
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Library of AmericaISBN-13:9781598538465ISBN-10:1598538462UPC:9781598538465Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political Ideologies, Civics & Citizenship, United StatesBook Topic:Democracy, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:7.40 x 4.70 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCHKEGZJ2V
Gathered together for the first time, Walt Whitman's urgently needed prose writings on the democratic spirit and the soul of the nation. 12 short works encapsulate the American Bard's fiery passions and timeless wisdom for today. Here for the first time in a convenient pocket edition are all of Walt Whitman's essential prose writings on democracy, including his unforgettable reflections on the roots on American division, the fearful legacy of the Civil War, and shining example of Abraham Lincoln. Few writers have been as harsh in their condemnation of America's sins and spiritual shortcomings or as abiding in his faith in democratic ideals as Whitman. His clarion voice speaks to us with renewed urgency today. Gathered here are:
In his introduction, acclaimed political observer David Bromwich examines Whitman's political prose writings and highlights why they matter today.
- "The Eighteenth Presidency!," written during the 1856 presidential campaign, in which Whitman expresses his rage over the immediate prospects for American democracy
- Democratic Vistas (1871), in which he dramatizes his role as poet-prophet of a better America
- the searing essay "Origins of Attempted Secession"
- and shorter extracts on democracy from the classic book Specimen Days (1882).
In his introduction, acclaimed political observer David Bromwich examines Whitman's political prose writings and highlights why they matter today.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Library of AmericaISBN-13:9781598538465ISBN-10:1598538462UPC:9781598538465Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Political Ideologies, Civics & Citizenship, United StatesBook Topic:Democracy, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:7.40 x 4.70 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.45Product ID:SCHKEGZJ2V
WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892) was born on Long Island and educated in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a printer's devil, journeyman compositor, itinerant schoolteacher, editor, and unofficial nurse to Northern and Southern soldiers during the Civil War and is widely considered the greatest American poet of the nineteenth century. DAVID BROMWICH is Sterling Professor of English at Yale University. His books include The Intellectual Career of Edmund Burke and American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us. His articles on contemporary politics have appeared in Dissent, The Nation, HuffPost, The New York Review of Books, and the London Review of Books.
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