Spengemann, William.

Three American Poets : Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Herman Melville. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (244 pages)

Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Whitman's Modern Song -- Sorting with Emily Dickinson -- Melville the Poet -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Works Cited.

Describes the different sorts of poetry Whitman, Dickinson, and Melville wrote, their comparable reasons for writing, and the posthumous critical effects of their having done so.

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Whitman, Walt,-1819-1892-Criticism and interpretation.
Dickinson, Emily,-1830-1886-Criticism and interpretation.
Melville, Herman,-1819-1891-Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry-19th century-History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)-America.


Electronic books.

PS310.M57 S64 2010

809.1/9112