{"product_id":"looking-into-walt-whitman-american-art-18501920-9780271027029","title":"Looking into Walt Whitman American Art 18501920","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides evidence that Walt Whitman's engagement with the visual arts extended beyond photography into painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Discussing Whitman's gradual emergence as an American, democratic, and radical figure, this book is of interest both to Whitman specialists and to readers seeking an introduction to Whitman's role as a poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bohan demonstrates a far greater and more sustained network of associations linking Whitman with nineteenth-century visual culture than has previously been known. Along with tracing Whitman’s connection to artists and art institutions, Bohan surveys all of the known paintings and sketches done of Whitman during his lifetime.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Kenneth M. Price,University of Nebraska, Lincoln\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ruth Bohan’s \u003ci\u003eLooking into Walt Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply researched, well-written, and beautifully illustrated book, including more than 100 color and black-and-white images, some of which have never been published before.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—William Pannapacker \u003ci\u003eWalt Whitman Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Writing in lucid, accessible prose, Bohan provides extended analyses of the multiple connections between Whitman and the visual arts both during his life and in the three decades following his death. In addition to being meticulously researched, the book is beautiful, with glossy pages richly embellished with color and black-and-white illustrations.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Yelizaveta P. Renfro \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Realism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImaging Whitman: The Nineteenth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tThe “Gathering of the Forces” in Brooklyn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tMasks, Identity, and Representation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tVisual Self-Fashioning and Artistic (Re)Assessment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tReception and Representation in the 1880s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tThomas Eakins and the “Solitary Singer”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhitman and the Modernists: The Twentieth Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tMarsden Hartley’s Masculine Landscapes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tRobert Coady and \u003ci\u003eThe Soil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.\tJoseph Stella’s \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400780226903,"sku":"9780271027029","price":62.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/looking-into-walt-whitman-american-art-18501920-9780271027029","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}