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Song of Ourselves

- Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy

About Song of Ourselves

Mark Edmundson finds in Walt Whitman's Song of Myself the evolution of a democratic spirit, for the individual and the nation. Breaking from the past literature he saw as "feudal"-obsessed with the noble and great-Whitman created a story of commonplace egalitarian selfhood, a story he lived as a hospital volunteer during the Civil War.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674237162
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 240
  • Published:
  • April 12, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 217x148x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 384 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 3, 2025

Description of Song of Ourselves

Mark Edmundson finds in Walt Whitman's Song of Myself the evolution of a democratic spirit, for the individual and the nation. Breaking from the past literature he saw as "feudal"-obsessed with the noble and great-Whitman created a story of commonplace egalitarian selfhood, a story he lived as a hospital volunteer during the Civil War.

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