Walt Whitman and the Opera
by Faner, Robert D
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0809305720
- ISBN 13
- 9780809305728
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972. Book. Fine. Soft cover. re-issue. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback. 249 pages. Bibliography, Index. Re-issue of the title first published in 1951, first printing thus. "But for the opera, I could never have written Leaves of Grass," said Whitman later in life. Even if the quote were apocryphal, the poets' fascination with music and opera in his early life would lend credence to its veracity. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and unread copy. Like new. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020192
- Title
- Walt Whitman and the Opera
- Author
- Faner, Robert D
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- re-issue
- ISBN 10
- 0809305720
- ISBN 13
- 9780809305728
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Place of Publication
- Carbondale, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1972
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Biography, Music in 19th Century America
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Staten Island, New York
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