A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: David S. Reynolds
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Historical Guides to American Authors

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This Guide combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays explore dimensions of Whitman'
A Reader's Guide to Walt Whitman
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Gay Wilson Allen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Syracuse University Press

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Author of the biography of Whitman and several other books about the poet, general coeditor of The Collected Writings, and for 25 years the leading scholar of L
A Historical Guide to Mark Twain
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-10-03 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and belove
A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: J. Gerald Kennedy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), son of itinerant actors, holds a secure place in the firmament of history as America's first master of suspense. Displaying scant i
A Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: William E. Cain
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11-02 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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As an essayist, philosopher, ex-pencil manufacturer, notorious hermit, tax protester, and all-around original thinker, Thoreau led so singular a life that he is