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OverviewWalt Whitman (1819-1892) contributed to the greatest prose of American letters with Democratic Vistas, now considered a classic discussion of the theory of democracy and its possibilities. In this essay he protests the unrestrained materialism, greed, corruption and spiritual failure of what, two years later, Mark Twain would label The Gilded Age. Whitman criticizes America for its mighty, many-threaded wealth and industry that mask an underlying dry and flat Sahara of soul. He calls for a new kind of literature to revive the American population: Not the book needs so much to be the complete thing, but the reader of the book does. Whitman was one of the few writers to keep the Emersonian faith in individual and cultural regeneration after the Civil War. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Walt WhitmanPublisher: Camp Press Imprint: Camp Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.251kg ISBN: 9781409727576ISBN 10: 1409727572 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 18 May 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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