{"product_id":"franklin-evans-or-the-inebriate-9780822339427","title":"Franklin Evans or The Inebriate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the rags-to-riches story of Franklin Evans, an innocent young man from the Long Island countryside who seeks his fortune in New York City. Corrupted by music halls, theatres, and above all taverns, he gradually becomes a drunkard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Christopher Castiglia and Glenn Hendler provide a truly state-of-the-art introduction to Walt Whitman’s only novel, a lively and thorough account of the varied contexts that best illuminate the significance of Whitman’s rough and rowdy tale.”—Michael Moon, author of\u003ci\u003e Disseminating Whitman: Revision and Corporeality in \u003c\/i\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003cbr\u003e“Readers interested primarily in the social history of the country will find much here that is compelling. The temperance movement was the first wide-spread social reform movement in the United States, and the novel’s greatest claim to interest from a wider readership comes from what it reveals about that movement. . . . [T]here are also glimpses of the young poet’s developing voice. The novel reveals a belief in the power of words to change the lives and influence the actions of individual readers, most of whom would have come from the working class. Joined with more original language, this conviction would give \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, written a decade later, its passion and force.” -- Kim Roberts * White Crane Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction ix\u003cbr\u003e I. Franklin Evans, or the Inebriate \u003cbr\u003e A Tale of the Times 1\u003cbr\u003e II. Supplementary Texts \u003cbr\u003e The Madman 117\u003cbr\u003e The Child and the Profligate 123\u003cbr\u003e An Address Delivered by Abraham Lincoln Before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society, at the Second Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois, On the 22nd Day of February, 1842 135\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 145","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406045454679,"sku":"9780822339427","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822339427.jpg?v=1730494351","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/franklin-evans-or-the-inebriate-9780822339427","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}