From the day's events to the patient workings of a spider, few poets responded to the life around them as Walt Whitman. Part of the Lives and Legacies series, t... » 

From the day's events to the patient workings of a spider, few poets responded to the life around them as Walt Whitman. Part of the Lives and Legacies series, this work offers insights into the life and work of Whitman, examining him through the lens of nineteenth-century America. It shows his responses to theater, music, and other themes. «