This book is for students and scholars of American literature. Asking how Whitman can be relevant in the era of electronic communication and global political upheaval, it features essays from a variety of literary and historical approaches. It includes revelatory new work from both established and emerging Whitman scholars.

These essays develop key advances in Pound studies. They respond to the new availability of primary sources and bring new insights to the analysis of Pound's poetry and prose. The essays integrate recent developments in literary studies, such as transnationalism, gender and sexuality, sound studies, and textual genetics.