Download or read book A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman written by David S. Reynolds and published by Historical Guides to American Authors. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Guide combines contemporary cultural studies and historical scholarship to illuminate Whitman's diverse contexts. The essays explore dimensions of Whitman's dynamic relationship to working-class politics, race and slavery, sexual mores, the visual arts & the idea of democracy.