{"product_id":"laws-for-creations-paperback","title":"Laws for Creations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Walt Whitman, Michael Cunningham sees a poet whose vision of humanity is ecstatic, democratic, and sensuous. Just over a hundred years ago, Whitman celebrated America as it survived the Civil War, as it endured great poverty, and as it entered the Industrial Revolution, which would make it the most powerful nation on Earth. In \u003ci\u003eSpecimen Days\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Cunningham makes Whitman's verse sing across time, and in \u003ci\u003eLaws for Creations\u003c\/i\u003e he celebrates what Whitman means to him, and how he appeared at the heart of his new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust as the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e drew on the life and work of English novelist Viriginia Woolf, \u003ci\u003eSpecimen Days\u003c\/i\u003e lovingly features the work of American poet Walt Whitman. Bringing together extracts from Whitman's prodigious writings, including \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e and his journal, \u003ci\u003eSpecimen Days, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael Cunningham's \u003ci\u003eLaws for Creations\u003c\/i\u003e provides an introduction to one of America's greatest visionary poets from one of our greatest contemporary novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Cunningham \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, \u003ci\u003eA Home at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, also adapted for the screen, and \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by FSG. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.26 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724249239615,"sku":"9780312426071","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8c1fb8f458f5263a02b7a1759b290e39_cab487fe-a82b-4fef-a0e2-d1a54160f580.webp?v=1765102024","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/laws-for-creations-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}