WWQR > Vol. 16 (1998) > No. 3
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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Copyright © 1999 by The University of Iowa.
Recommended Citation
Harris, W. C.. "Whitman's Leaves of Grass and the Writing of a New American Bible." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 16 (Winter 1999), 172-190.
Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/wwqr/vol16/iss3/6
Season
Winter
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