Whitman

by Edgar Lee Masters

Physical description; xv, 330 p., 1 l : front., plates, ports., facsims ; 25 cm. Subjects; Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Criticism and interpretation. Poets, American 19th century ; Biography.

342 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Edgar Lee Masters (Garnett, Kansas, August 23, 1868 - Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1950) was an American poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.