Collage of Myself: Walt Whitman and the Making of Leaves of Grass by Matt Miller

Description: Collage of Myself by Matt Miller Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Presents a groundbreaking account of the creative story behind Americas most celebrated collection of poems. Collage of Myself details Walt Whitmans discovery of a remarkable new creative process that allowed him to transform a diverse array of texts into poems such as ""Song of Myself"" and ""The Sleepers"". Publisher Description Collage of Myself presents a groundbreaking account of the creative story behind Americas most celebrated collection of poems. In the first book-length study of Walt Whitmans journals and manuscripts, Matt Miller demonstrates that until approximately 1854 (only a single year before the first publication of Leaves of Grass), Whitman-who once speculated that Leaves would be a novel or a play-was unaware that his ambitions would assume the form of poetry at all. Collage of Myself details Whitmans discovery of a remarkable new creative process that allowed him to transform a diverse array of texts into poems such as "Song of Myself" and "The Sleepers." Whitman embraced an art of fragments that encouraged him to "cut and paste" his lines into ever-evolving forms based on what he called "spinal ideas." This approach to language, Miller argues, represents the first major use in the Western arts of the technique later known as collage, an observation with significant ramifications for our reception of subsequent artists and writers. Long before the modernists, Whitman integrated found text and ready-made language into a revolutionary formulation of artistic production that anticipates much of what is exciting about modern and postmodern art. Using the Walt Whitman Archives collection of digital images to study what were previously scattered and inaccessible manuscript pages, Miller provides a breakthrough in our understanding of this great American literary icon. Author Biography Matt Miller is an assistant professor of English at Yeshiva University. His articles have appeared in Arizona Quarterly, Book History, and Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. Details ISBN 0803225342 ISBN-13 9780803225343 Title Collage of Myself Author Matt Miller Format Hardcover Year 2010 Pages 320 Publisher University of Nebraska Press GE_Item_ID:158375214; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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