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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: On democracy
  name:
    name part: Whitman, Walt
    name part: 1819-1892
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Bromwich, David
    name part: 1951-
    role:
      role term: writer of introduction.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: essay
  genre: Essays.
  genre: Informational works.
  genre: Documents d'information.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2026
    copyright date: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxxix, 171 pages ; 19 cm
  abstract: "More relevant today than when they were written 150 years ago, Walt Whitman's soaring prose pieces on the American democratic spirit and his vision of a future American as a source of hope and a basis for national identity, are brought together, with an introduction by David Bromwich. For the first time Walt Whitman's essential prose writings on democracy are brought together in a standalone book. Gathered here are "The Eighteenth Presidency!," a Jeremiad written during the 1856 presidential campaign and Democratic Vistas (1871), in which he dramatizes his role as poet-prophet of a better America. Rounding out the volume are the essay "Origins of Attempted Secession" and shorter extracts from Specimen Days"--Provided by publisher.
  table of contents: The eighteenth presidency! -- Democratic vistas -- Origins of attempted secession -- from Specimen days. Opening of the Secession War ; National uprising and volunteering ; Contemptuous feeling ; Abraham Lincoln ; The inauguration ; Death of President Lincoln ; Calhoun's real monument ; The real war will never get in the books ; Upon our own land -- Notes.
  note: Walt Whitman ; introduction by David Bromwich.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Whitman, Walt
      name part: 1819-1892
    topic: Political and social views
  subject:
    topic: Democracy
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Democracy
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Politics and government
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Civilization
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    topic: Démocratie locale
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Démocratie locale
  subject:
    geographic: États-Unis
    topic: Politique et gouvernement
    temporal: 19e siècle
  subject:
    geographic: États-Unis
    topic: Civilisation
    temporal: 19e siècle
  classification: JK1726 .W458 2026
  classification: 320.973
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Library of America special publication
  identifier: 1598538462
  identifier: 9781598538465
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 250723
    record change date: 20260306142025.4
    record identifier: in00005780678
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng