S.K. Srivastava’s perceptive and sensitive study of the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman considers their work in a historical perspective. To begin with, Srivastava defines the essential terminology of her investigation. The nature and meaning of signs and symbols, and the movements of symbolism and Transcendentalism are clearly explained. The principal doctrines of New England Transcendentalism and the literary efforts of the Symbolists are ...
