Days With Walt Whitman: With Some Notes On His Life And Work

Edward Carpenter (1844 - 1929) was an English philosopher, poet, anthologist, and pioneer of gay rights. He had many famous friends including Mahatma Gandhi, the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, and Walt Whitman. It is with his relationship with Whitman that this particular volume concerns itself, offering the reader an account of Carpenter's personal experiences with Whitman as well as insightful information on his life and work. Walter Whitman (1819 - 1892) was an American essayist, ...