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Title: A Worthy Treatment of Whitman on Death
Review: A well written (even amusing) treatment of one man's--Amrica's great poet Walt Whitman--confrontation with death, both as a person and as a poet. Traces the development of Whitman's fascination with death and his internal struggle between his faith in immortality and the constant doubts that impinge on this faith. A definite contribution toward understanding Whitman's inner life.Analyzes virtually every poem and poetic passage that is concerned with or colored by Whitman's attitudes toward death andilluminates these poems and their language. Sets the poetry in the context of Whitman's discussions of death and of contemporary discussions and theories of death.The book is itself a worthy meditation on death. Recommended for Whitman fans, for readers of poetry and for general readers.Ted Malone
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