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A Companion to Walt Whitman

Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

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5. A Feminist Companion to Shakespeare Edited by Dympna Callaghan

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38. A Companion to European Romanticism

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39. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture

Edited by David Bradshaw and Kevin J. H. Dettmar

40. A Companion to Walt Whitman

Edited by Donald D. Kummings

W ALT W HITMAN

EDITED BY DONALD D. KUMMINGS

A C O M P A N I O N T O

2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

except for editorial material and organization 2006 by Donald D. Kummings

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First published 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

1 2006

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to Walt Whitman / edited by Donald D. Kummings.

p. cm.—(Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 40)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2093-7 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-4051-2093-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Whitman, Walt, 1819–1892—Criticism and interpretation—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I.

Kummings, Donald D. II. Series.

PS3238.C57 2006

811 ’ .3—dc22

2005017017

A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

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