The Whitman revolution : sex, poetry, and politics /

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"In this set of essays, Betsy Erkkila's daring, insights, and range as a Whitman scholar are evident. The Whitman Revolution brings together a rich collection of her phenomenally influential essays that have been published over the years, along with two powerful new additions. She offers a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Erkkila, Betsy, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2020]
Series:Iowa Whitman series.
Subjects:
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Political and social views.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Criticism and interpretation.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892
Democracy in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Democracy in literature
Political and social views
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Revolutionary poetics. The federal mother : Whitman as revolutionary son
  • Whitman and the politics of language
  • "In paths untrodden". "Song of myself" and the politics of the body erotic
  • Whitman and the homosexual republic
  • Radical imaginaries : crossing over with Whitman and Dickinson
  • The revolutionary Transatlantic. Whitman, Marx, and the American 1848
  • Insurrection, the Paris commune, and Leaves of grass
  • Democratic vistas. Whitman, Melville, and the tribulations of democracy
  • Public love : Whitman and political theory.

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