Walt Whitman (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Walt Whitman was one of the most gifted American poets of his time, and his influence can be seen by a vast number of poets that followed him. In this text, Harold Bloom, D.H. Lawrence, and others examine his poetry. This title, Walt Whitman, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Walt Whitman through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Walt Whitman, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.