Updated edition of Walt Whitman, in the Modern critical views series, published in 1985
Includes bibliographical references (S. 247-251) and index
Harold Bloom: Introduction
Introduction / Harold Bloom -- Whitman -- D.H. Lawrence -- Policy made personal / Kenneth Burke -- Always going out and coming in / R. W. B. Lewis -- Whitman's image of voice / Harold Bloom -- Native models / Kerry C. Larson -- A simple separate person / David Bromwich -- Reading / Mark Bauerlein -- Whitman's difficult availability / John Hollander -- Poetry and the mediation of value : Whitman on Lincoln / Helen Vendler -- The Whitman phrase / Angus Fletcher Afterthought / Harold Bloom
D.H. Lawrence: Whitman
Kenneth Burke: Policy made personal : Whitman's verse and prose-salient traits
R.W.B. Lewis: Walt Whitman : always going out and coming in
Harold Bloom: Whitman's image of voice : to the tally of my soul
Kerry C. Larson: Native models
David Bromwich: A simple separate person
Mark Bauerlein: Reading
John Hollander: Whitman's difficult availability
Helen Vendler: Poetry and the mediation of value : Whitman on Lincoln