The erotic Whitman

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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.

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Full title :The erotic Whitman / Vivian R. Pollak.

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Publication Date:©2000.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2000.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 261 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780520924307, 0520924304, 0585390266, 9780585390260, 0520221893, 9780520221895, 0520221907, 9780520221901, 1597346039, 9781597346030
oclc:ocm49570141
LC Classification:PS3242.S47
Dewey Decimal:811/.3

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Citation Note; Preface; 1. The Erotics of Youth; 2. Why Whitman Gave Up Fiction; 3. Interleaf: From Walter to Walt; 4. Faith in Sex: Leaves of Grass in 1855Đ56; 5. The Politics of Love in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; 6. Whitman Unperturbed: The Civil War and After; 7. ÒIn Loftiest SpheresÓ: WhitmanÕs Visionary Feminism; Notes; Index.

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Criticism, interpretation, etc Erotic poetry, American Erotic poetry, American -- History and … History Homosexualité et littérature -- Histoir… Homosexualité masculine dans la littéra… Homosexuality and literature Homosexuality and literature -- History… LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry litteratur Male homosexuality in literature Sex Sex in literature Sexualité dans la littérature United States Whitman, Walt