Whitman and Tradition: The Poet in His Century
by Price, Kenneth M
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0300046839
- ISBN 13
- 9780300046830
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, blue cloth lettered in silver on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 179 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. First edition, first printing with full number line. A reevaluation of Whitman's beginnings, arguing for a heightened influence of the Romantic poets over Emerson and an historical examination of Whitman's self-promotion as being more impromptu than previously argued are just a few of the revisions Price plumbs. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, clean, fresh copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020531
- Title
- Whitman and Tradition: The Poet in His Century
- Author
- Price, Kenneth M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300046839
- ISBN 13
- 9780300046830
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Literary Criticism, Walt Whitman
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