Dramatizing Whitman
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Dramatizing Whitman
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Author : Kenn Pierson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
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Whitman S Drama Of Consensus
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Author : Kerry C. Larson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-11-21
Whitman S Drama Of Consensus written by Kerry C. Larson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-11-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this elegant study, Walt Whitman's democratic, consensual idealism emerges for the first time as truly central to his poetic achievement. Though Whitman's democratic idealism has often been dismissed as a blindness to the political complexities of his day, Kerry C. Larson argues that the poet was in fact vitally engaged in the problems of preserving social continuity at a time (1855-60) when the specter of disunion and fractricidal war grew increasingly ominous. Whitman conceived his poems as vehicles for social integration whose entire aim was to dramatize the joining of the many and the one, speaker and listener, universal and particular without subordinating either term. For Whitman, the poet's role was to be "the better President," the figure in whose person all contending interests and competing factions would be resolved. The importance of "drama" in Larson's title is borne out in his argument that Whitman's most memorable poems depict the goal of consent as an active process, something to be achieved rather than merely affirmed. By way of making this drama vivid, these poems project a fictive audience or interlocutor which, in being invoked by the poet, furnishes him with a partner in the ongoing dialogue of voices Leaves of Grass both embodies and records.
The Erotic Whitman
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Author : Vivian R. Pollak
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000-08-04
The Erotic Whitman written by Vivian R. Pollak and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this provocative analysis of Whitman's exemplary quest for happiness, Vivian Pollak skillfully explores the intimate relationships that contributed to his portrayal of masculinity in crisis. She maintains that in representing himself as a characteristic nineteenth-century American and in proposing to heal national ills, Whitman was trying to temper his own inner conflicts as well. The poet's expansive vision of natural eroticism and of unfettered comradeship between democratic equals was, however, only part of the story. As Whitman waged a conscious campaign to challenge misogynistic and homophobic literary codes, he promoted a raceless, classless ideal of sexual democracy that theoretically equalized all varieties of desire and resisted none. Pollak suggests that this goal remains imperfectly achieved in his writings, which liberates some forbidden voices and silences others. Integrating biography and criticism, Pollak employs a loosely chronological organization to describe the poet's multifaceted "faith in sex." Drawing on his early fiction, journalism, poetry, and self-reviews, as well as letters and notebook entries, she shows how in spite of his personal ambivalence about sustained erotic intimacy, Whitman came to imagine himself as "the phallic choice of America."
Whitman East And West
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Author : Ed Folsom
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2005-04
Whitman East And West written by Ed Folsom and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Whitman East and West, fifteen prominent scholars track the surprising ways in which Whitman's poetry and prose continue to be meaningful at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Covering a broad range of issues—from ecology to children's literature, gay identity to China's May 4th Movement, nineteenth-century New York politics to the emerging field of normality studies, Mao Zedong to American film—each original essay opens a previously unexplored field of study, and each yields new insights by demonstrating how emerging methodologies and approaches intersect with and illuminate Whitman's ideas about democracy, sexuality, America, and the importance of literature. Confirming the growing international spirit of American studies, the essays in Whitman East and West developed out of a landmark conference in Beijing, the first major conference in China to focus on an American poet. Scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America set out to track the ways in which Whitman's poetry has become part of China's cultural landscape as well as the literary landscapes of other countries. By describing his assimilation into other cultures and his resulting transformation into a hybrid poet, these essayists celebrate Whitman's multiple manifestations in other languages and contexts.
The Uncertain Self Whitman S Drama Of Identity
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Author : Ervin Fred Carlisle
language : en
Publisher: [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press
Release Date : 1973
The Uncertain Self Whitman S Drama Of Identity written by Ervin Fred Carlisle and has been published by [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Literary Criticism categories.
To Walt Whitman America
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Author : Kenneth M. Price
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2004
To Walt Whitman America written by Kenneth M. Price and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Literary Criticism categories.
Walt Whitman "is America," according to Ezra Pound. More than a century after his death, Whitman's name regularly appears in political speeches, architectural inscriptions, television programs, and films, and it adorns schools, summer camps, truck stops,
Whitman
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Author : Emory Holloway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Whitman written by Emory Holloway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
Walt Whitman
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Author : Ed Folsom
language : en
Publisher: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 1994
Walt Whitman written by Ed Folsom and has been published by Iowa City : University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Literary Criticism categories.
"In 1992, the year of the hundredth anniversary of Walt Whitman's death, a major gathering of international scholars took place at the University of Iowa. Over 150 participants heard papers by 20 of the world's most eminent critics of Whitman. Three generations of scholars offered new essays that brilliantly tracked the course of past and present Whitman scholarship. So significant was this historic celebration of the great American poet that the opening session was covered by CBS "Sunday Morning," National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," the New York Times, and other newspapers across the country. Musical and theatrical performances, art exhibitions, slide shows, readings, songs, and even a recently discovered recording of Whitman's voice were presented during the three days of the conference." "But the heart of the conference was this series of original essays by some of the most innovative scholars working in the field of American literature. There has never been a more important collection of Whitman criticism. In these essays, readers will find the most suggestive recent approaches to Whitman alongside the most reliable traditional approaches. Walt Whitman: The Centennial Essays captures Whitman's energy and vitality, which have only increased in the century after his death."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
A Political Companion To Walt Whitman
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Author : John E. Seery
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2011-01-28
A Political Companion To Walt Whitman written by John E. Seery and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-28 with Political Science categories.
The works of Walt Whitman have been described as masculine, feminine, postcolonial, homoerotic, urban, organic, unique, and democratic, yet arguments about the extent to which Whitman could or should be considered a political poet have yet to be fully confronted. Some scholars disregard Whitman's understanding of democracy, insisting on separating his personal works from his political works. A Political Companion to Walt Whitman is the first full-length exploration of Whitman's works through the lens of political theory. Editor John E. Seery and a collection of prominent theorists and philosophers uncover the political awareness of Whitman's poetry and prose, analyzing his faith in the potential of individuals, his call for a revolution in literature and political culture, and his belief in the possibility of combining heroic individualism with democratic justice. A Political Companion to Walt Whitman reaches beyond literature into political theory, revealing the ideology behind Whitman's call for the emergence of American poets of democracy.
Whitman S Drift
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Author : Matt Cohen
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2017-07
Whitman S Drift written by Matt Cohen and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The American ninteenth century witnessed a media explosion unprecedented in human history, and Walt Whitman's poetry reveled in the potentials of his time: "See, the many-cylinder'd steam printing-press, " he wrote. "See, the electric telegraph, stretching across the Continent, from the Western Sea to Manhattan." Still, as the budding poet learned, books neither sell themselves nor move themselves: without an efficient set of connections to get books to readers, the democratic, media-saturated future that Whitman imagined would have remained warehoused. Whitman's works sometimes ran through the "many-cylinder'd steam printing-press" and were carried in bulk on "the strong and quick locomotive." Yet during his career, his publications did not follow a progressive path toward mass production and distribution. Whitman's Drift asks how the many options for distributing books and newspapers shaped the way writers wrote and readers read. Studying nineteenth-century literature and how it circulated can help us understand not just how to read Whitman's works and times, but how to understand what is happening to our imaginations now, in the midst of the twenty-first century media explosion. -- from back cover.