Burroughs, who knew Whitman for thirty years, writes from his rustic retreat on the Hudson about the poet’s life and character and then examines his ruling ideas. Chapters treat Whitman’s self-reliance and his relation to art, morals, culture, America, science and religion, arguing that the poems must be read as the expression of a whole man and a democratic age.
An affectionate first-hand study of Whitman by one of America’s best-loved nature writers. Download the free EPUB.