Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-7006-3148-3
Verlag: UNIV PR OF KANSAS
This study in part constitutes a criticism of the sections of Specimen Days dealing with the West by examining the ways in which Whitman reordered his experiences to have them support a bardic pose he wished to maintain. For the first time Whitman’s three journalist traveling companions—whom Whitman did not even mention in Specimen Days—are fully on record. This account also shows Whitman very much his own press agent, engaging in a wide range of self-promoting activities such as writing his own interviews and sending back to the press in the East accounts of his whereabouts, his health, and his plans.