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Walt Whitman's America

Professor David Reynolds talked about his recent book, Walt Whitman’s America: A Cultural Biography, published by Alfred A. Knopf. He analyz… read more

Professor David Reynolds talked about his recent book, Walt Whitman’s America: A Cultural Biography, published by Alfred A. Knopf. He analyzed Whitman’s contradictory stances on race, class and gender which came from his close relationship with the social and cultural milieu of contemporaty Jacksonian culture through not only his major poetic works, but his personal correspondence, journalism and other sources. He also examined the the aging process both in the man and his ideas. close

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Apr 28, 1996 | 7:59pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Nov 04, 2001 | 4:56pm EST | C-SPAN 3

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  • Apr 28, 1996 | 7:59pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Apr 28, 1996 | 11:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Apr 29, 1996 | 2:11am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Apr 29, 1996 | 5:58am EDT | C-SPAN 1
  • Dec 29, 1998 | 8:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Dec 30, 1998 | 12:11am EST | C-SPAN 1
  • May 27, 2000 | 7:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • May 28, 2000 | 11:00am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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  • Mar 10, 2001 | 5:00am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Mar 11, 2001 | 10:00am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Mar 11, 2001 | 5:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 11, 2001 | 10:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Apr 12, 2001 | 5:00am EDT | C-SPAN 3
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  • Apr 16, 2001 | 5:00am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 30, 2001 | 10:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Oct 31, 2001 | 4:56am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 02, 2001 | 10:00pm EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 03, 2001 | 4:56am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 04, 2001 | 10:00am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 04, 2001 | 4:56pm EST | C-SPAN 3
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