AN American Farmer

Biographies & Memoirs

Allen, Gay Wilson

Asselineau, Roger

Professionals & Academics

Penguin??Books

Octavo, 1987, PP.266, The Biography Of A Frenchman Transplanted To America And His Life; Wrote Letters From An American Farmer Received With Acclaim In Paris, London And Later IN America

St. John de Crevecoeur: The Life of an American Farmer

Viking Adult

Now, nearly forty years after its original translation into English,  Roger Asselineau's complete and magisterial biography of Walt Whitman  will remind readers of the complex weave of traditions in Whitman  scholarship. It is startling to recognize how much of our current  understanding of Whitman was already articulated by Asselineau nearly  half a century ago. Throughout its eight hundred pages, The  Evolution of Walt Whitman speaks with authority on a vast range of  topics that define both Whitman the man and Whitman the mythical  personage. Remarkably, most of these discussions remain fresh and  relevant, and that is in part because they have been so influential.In particular, The Evolution of Walt Whitman  inaugurated the study of Leaves of Grass as a lifelong work in  progress, and it marked the end of the habit of talking about Leaves  as if it were a single unified book. Asselineau saw Whitman's poetry  “not as a body of static data but as a constantly changing continuum  whose evolution must be carefully observed.” Throughout Evolution,  Asselineau placed himself in the role of the observer, analyzing  Whitman's development with a kind of scientific detachment. But behind  this objective persona burned the soul of a risk taker who was willing  to rewrite Whitman studies by bravely proposing what was then a  controversial biographical source for Whitman's art—his homosexual  desires.The Evolution of Walt Whitman is a reminder that  extraordinary works of criticism never exist in and of themselves. In  this expanded edition, Roger Asselineau has provided a new essay  summarizing his own continuing journey with Whitman. A foreword by Ed  Folsom, editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly, regards Evolution  as the genesis of contemporary Whitman studies.

The Evolution of Walt Whitman: The Creation of a Personality

Arts & Literature

Belknap Press of Harvard University

Now, nearly forty years after its original translation into English, Roger Asselineau's complete and magisterial biography of Walt Whitman will remind readers of the complex weave of traditions in Whitman scholarship. It is startling to recognize how much of our current understanding of Whitman was already articulated by Asselineau nearly half a century ago. Throughout its eight hundred pages, The Evolution of Walt Whitman speaks with authority on a vast range of topics that define both Whitman the man and Whitman the mythical personage. Remarkably, most of these discussions remain fresh and relevant, and that is in part because they have been so influential.\nIn particular, The Evolution of Walt Whitman inaugurated the study of Leaves of Grass as a lifelong work in progress, and it marked the end of the habit of talking about Leaves as if it were a single unified book. Asselineau saw Whitman's poetry “not as a body of static data but as a constantly changing continuum whose evolution must be carefully observed.” Throughout Evolution, Asselineau placed himself in the role of the observer, analyzing Whitman's development with a kind of scientific detachment. But behind this objective persona burned the soul of a risk taker who was willing to rewrite Whitman studies by bravely proposing what was then a controversial biographical source for Whitman's art—his homosexual desires.\nThe Evolution of Walt Whitman is a reminder that extraordinary works of criticism never exist in and of themselves. In this expanded edition, Roger Asselineau has provided a new essay summarizing his own continuing journey with Whitman. A foreword by Ed Folsom, editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly, regards Evolution as the genesis of contemporary Whitman studies.

The Evolution of Walt Whitman, The Creation of a Book

Belknap Press

The Transcendentalist Constant in American Literature (The Gotham Library of the New York University Press)

Literature & Fiction

United States

New York University Press

The Transcendentalist Constant in American Literature

History & Criticism

This volume contains an introductory essay in which the editors discuss the evolution of Mark Twain criticism in the United States, and a critical bibliography of Mark Twain criticism in the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Latin America.

The Literary Reputation of Mark Twain from 1910 to 1950: A Critical Essay and a Bibliography

Reference

Praeger

Now, nearly forty years after its original translation into English, Roger Asselineau's complete and magisterial biography of Walt Whitman will remind readers of the complex weave of traditions in Whitman scholarship. It is startling to recognize how much of our current understanding of Whitman was already articulated by Asselineau nearly half a century ago. Throughout its eight hundred pages, The Evolution of Walt Whitman speaks with authority on a vast range of topics that define both Whitman the man and Whitman the mythical personage. Remarkably, most of these discussions remain fresh and relevant, and that is in part because they have been so influential.
In particular, The Evolution of Walt Whitman inaugurated the study of Leaves of Grass as a lifelong work in progress, and it marked the end of the habit of talking about Leaves as if it were a single unified book. Asselineau saw Whitman's poetry “not as a body of static data but as a constantly changing continuum whose evolution must be carefully observed.” Throughout Evolution, Asselineau placed himself in the role of the observer, analyzing Whitman's development with a kind of scientific detachment. But behind this objective persona burned the soul of a risk taker who was willing to rewrite Whitman studies by bravely proposing what was then a controversial biographical source for Whitman's art—his homosexual desires.
The Evolution of Walt Whitman is a reminder that extraordinary works of criticism never exist in and of themselves. In this expanded edition, Roger Asselineau has provided a new essay summarizing his own continuing journey with Whitman. A foreword by Ed Folsom, editor of the Walt Whitman Quarterly, regards Evolution as the genesis of contemporary Whitman studies.

The Evolution of Walt Whitman (Iowa Whitman Series)

University Of Iowa Press

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