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

W. C Harris

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1622

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

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