, the definitive scholarly edition, is a volume in «The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman», the Whitman «Writings» that «every library should own» (). reprints Whitman editorials, articles, reviews, and other prose matter from . has reliable texts, substantial annotation, thorough textual tables, and a comprehensive index. Providing essential documents, is indispensable for understanding the genesis of and the views and milieu of America’s greatest poet. The volume, moreover, is useful in such areas as history, journalism, American studies, and popular culture. Whitman’s journalistic writings cover a wide range of subjects: war, slavery, politics, government, economic matters, labor, immigration, social concerns (crime and punishment, poverty, minority rights, women’s rights, health, education), the press, religion, literature, drama, music, and art.weiterlesen