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The Poetry of Walt Whitman
An A+ Audio Study Guide
By Whitman, Walt & Strauss, Peter L.
- ISBN
- 978-1-59483-558-2
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 23, 2006
This Whitman guide-one of the first six installments in Hachette Audio's new study guide series-is the audio equivalent of Cliff's Notes. It opens the door on the seminal 19th-century poet, but not especially wide. Peter Strauss delivers Whitman's mini-biography and poetic analyses. He also reads from Song of Myself, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and Passage to India. Strauss' narration is professorial, sometimes clashing with the wild, open-throated verse of the iconoclastic bard. This overview lacks groundi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
