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The Pragmatic Whitman
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Author : Stephen John Mack
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2005-04
The Pragmatic Whitman written by Stephen John Mack 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 this surprisingly timely book, Stephen Mack examines Whitman’s particular and fascinating brand of patriotism: his far-reaching vision of democracy. For Whitman, loyalty to America was loyalty to democracy. Since the idea that democracy is not just a political process but a social and cultural process as well is associated with American pragmatism, Mack relies on the pragmatic tradition of Emerson, James, Dewey, Mead, and Rorty to demonstrate the ways in which Whitman resides in this tradition. Mack analyzes Whitman's democratic vision both in its parts and as a whole; he also describes the ways in which Whitman's vision evolved throughout his career. He argues that Whitman initially viewed democratic values such as individual liberty and democratic processes such as collective decision-making as fundamental, organic principles, free and unregulated. But throughout the 1860s and 1870s Whitman came to realize that democracy entailed processes of human agency that are more deliberate and less natural—that human destiny is largely the product of human effort, and a truly humane society can be shaped only by intelligent human efforts to govern the forces that would otherwise govern us. Mack describes the foundation of Whitman’s democracy as found in the 1855 and 1856 editions of Leaves of Grass, examines the ways in which Whitman’s 1859 sexual crisis and the Civil War transformed his democratic poetics in “Sea-Drift,” “Calamus,” Drum-Taps,and Sequel to Drum-Taps, and explores Whitman’s mature vision in Democratic Vistas, concluding with observations on its moral and political implications today. Throughout, he illuminates Whitman's great achievement—learning that a full appreciation for the complexities of human life meant understanding that liberty can take many different and conflicting forms—and allows us to contemplate the relevance of that achievement at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The Pragmatic Whitman
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Author : Stephen John Mack
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
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The Pragmatic Whitman written by Stephen John Mack 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 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this surprisingly timely book, Stephen Mack examines Whitman’s particular and fascinating brand of patriotism: his far-reaching vision of democracy. For Whitman, loyalty to America was loyalty to democracy. Since the idea that democracy is not just a political process but a social and cultural process as well is associated with American pragmatism, Mack relies on the pragmatic tradition of Emerson, James, Dewey, Mead, and Rorty to demonstrate the ways in which Whitman resides in this tradition. Mack analyzes Whitman's democratic vision both in its parts and as a whole; he also describes the ways in which Whitman's vision evolved throughout his career. He argues that Whitman initially viewed democratic values such as individual liberty and democratic processes such as collective decision-making as fundamental, organic principles, free and unregulated. But throughout the 1860s and 1870s Whitman came to realize that democracy entailed processes of human agency that are more deliberate and less natural—that human destiny is largely the product of human effort, and a truly humane society can be shaped only by intelligent human efforts to govern the forces that would otherwise govern us. Mack describes the foundation of Whitman’s democracy as found in the 1855 and 1856 editions of Leaves of Grass, examines the ways in which Whitman’s 1859 sexual crisis and the Civil War transformed his democratic poetics in “Sea-Drift,” “Calamus,” Drum-Taps,and Sequel to Drum-Taps, and explores Whitman’s mature vision in Democratic Vistas, concluding with observations on its moral and political implications today. Throughout, he illuminates Whitman's great achievement—learning that a full appreciation for the complexities of human life meant understanding that liberty can take many different and conflicting forms—and allows us to contemplate the relevance of that achievement at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The Pragmatic Poet
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Author : Andrew Thomas Budreika
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Pragmatic Poet written by Andrew Thomas Budreika and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with James, William categories.
Walt Whitman And The Struggle For A Pragmatic Vision Of Spiritual Democracy
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Author : Stephen John Mack
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Walt Whitman And The Struggle For A Pragmatic Vision Of Spiritual Democracy written by Stephen John Mack and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
Walt Whitman The Democratic Poet And His Prose On Democracy A Comparison Of Whitman S Concept Of The Poet S Role In Developing A National Identity In Preface 1855 Leaves Of Grass And From Democratic Vistas 1871
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language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
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The Democratic Poet And His Prose On Democracy The Poet S Role In Walt Whitman S Preface 1855 Leaves Of Grass And From Democratic Vistas
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Author : Sonja Longolius
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2005-07-18
The Democratic Poet And His Prose On Democracy The Poet S Role In Walt Whitman S Preface 1855 Leaves Of Grass And From Democratic Vistas written by Sonja Longolius and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-18 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2, Free University of Berlin (John-F.-Kennedy Institut), language: English, abstract: When the 52-year-old Walt Whitman published his essay “From Democratic Vistas” in 1871, the end of the Civil War was only six years ago. The wounds of this five-year-war of brother against brother were certainly not healed and the question of re-unification was still un-answered. During the 1860s and 1870s the United States were changing tremendously. Due to the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era and the following Gilded Age, America was turning into a modern, industrialized country where materialism seemed to be the finite answer. Though Whitman fully acknowledged this materialistic development of his country, he nevertheless saw beyond the simple answers of wealth and prosperity. Whitman realized that the United States found themselves at a turning point, which was to decide upon their democratic future. At this point in time, Whitman wrote his essay “From Democratic Vistas” on the outlooks of America’s future democracy. According to him, this future lied in a democratic nationality and a spiritual union that could only be achieved through a national literature. The call for a national literature led by the American poet was not something new in Whitman’s written work. Already in his “Preface 1855 – Leaves of Grass,” published six years before the beginning of the Civil War, he had formulated that America “with veins full of poetical stuff most need[s] poets.” Nevertheless, there is a noticeable difference between the general role of the poet in his 1855 preface and the urgent need of national literary figures in times of re-unification that Whitman put forth in his 1871 essay. While Whitman’s poet in the 1855 preface obtained the role of an observer of the country and her common people, the poet’s role in “From Democratic Vistas” changed into an active builder of democracy. This change of role is due to Whitman’s personal experiences during the war. The healing process of re-unification after the war was not simply a materialistic or institutional reunion for him, but rather an act of forming a sense of nationhood within the American people. This was the poet’s task. Being no longer an observer from the outside, Whitman’s challenged poet was forced to take up an active stand in the nation-building process after the Civil War.
Walt Whitman Quarterly Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
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Whitman The Political Poet
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Author : Betsy Erkkila
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989
Whitman The Political Poet written by Betsy Erkkila and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History and criticism categories.
Erkkila's aim is to repair the split between the private and the public, the personal and the political and the poet and the history that has governed the analysis and evaluation of Whitman and his work in the past.
Dos Passos S Early Fiction 1912 1938
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Author : Michael Clark
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 1987
Dos Passos S Early Fiction 1912 1938 written by Michael Clark and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Fiction categories.
Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America.
Walt Whitman
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Author : John E. Schwiebert
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2023-01-04
Walt Whitman written by John E. Schwiebert and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Walt Whitman created, in various editions of Leaves of Grass, what is arguably the most influential book of poems anywhere in the past 200 years. Whitman absorbed the world, transmuting it into poems that address a spectrum of topics--from democracy and religion to sexuality, gender, class, and identity. He exuberantly incarnated his epoch at the same time as he invoked "you"-- readers and "poets to come"--to join in a "poetry of the future." The first A to Z Whitman reference to incorporate 21st century scholarship, this work is ideal for readers who want a concise introduction to the major poems and prose and to the people, places, and topics central to his life. Each of the book's 142 entries is followed by cross-references to related entries and suggestions for further reading. Also included are a brief biography, a chronology of Whitman's life and major works, and a bibliography of some 300 primary and secondary sources on this most timeless and contemporary of poets.