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Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the Writing of a New American Bible

Author: W. C Harris

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    Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the Writing of a New American Bible

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Abstract

Argues that Whitman scholarship has minimized the extent to which the poet envisioned Leaves of Grass--especially the 1860 edition--as a "New Bible," and explores the possibilities of "neo-biblical intent" as a way of understanding the poet's ambition and accomplishment.

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Harris, W. C., (1999) “Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the Writing of a New American Bible”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 16(3/4), 172-190. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1622

Rights: Copyright © 1999 W. C Harris

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01 Jan 1999
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