The Journalism

The Journalism, Volume II: 1846-1848, the definitive scholarly edition, is a volume in «The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman», the Whitman «Writings» that «every library should own» (Choice). The Journalism reprints Whitman editorials, articles, reviews, and other prose matter from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The Journalism has reliable texts, substantial annotation, thorough textual tables, and a comprehensive index. Providing essential documents, The Journalism is indispensable for understanding the genesis of Leaves of Grass and the views and milieu of America's greatest poet. The volume, moreover, is useful in such areas as history, journalism, American studies, and popular culture. Whitman's journalistic writings cover a wide range of subjects: war, slavery, politics, government, economic matters, labor, immigration, social concerns (crime and punishment, poverty, minority rights, women's rights, health, education), the press, religion, literature, drama, music, and art.

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The Editors: Herbert Bergman is Professor Emeritus of American Thought and Language, Michigan State University. He has published a number of articles on Walt Whitman. For his work on Whitman s journalism he has received grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Philosophical Society, the Modern Language Association of America, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Douglas A. Noverr is Professor of American Thought and Language, Michigan State University. He is co-author of The Games They Played: Sports in American History, 1865-1980 (1983) and The Relationship of Painting and Literature: A Guide to Information Sources (1978). He has published numerous articles and book chapters on American literature and on popular culture. Edward J. Recchia was Professor of American Thought and Language, Michigan State University. He published many articles on film and on popular culture.