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English
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Eliza R. Snow : Poet of a New American Religion
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American Bards : Walt Whitman and Other Unlikely Candidates for National Poet
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Chapel Hill, NC
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University of North Carolina Press
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67-112
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Delving into the world of 19th century American poetry, Edward Whitley explores the transcendentalist and religious background of Eliza R. Snow's most famous works. Whitley notes how Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass", the Book of Mormon, and the LDS restoration movement influenced Eliza R. Snow's view of the past and present in her works.