On Whitman

On Whitman
Author: C. K. Williams
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0691176108

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet C. K. Williams's personal reflection on the art of Walt Whitman In this book, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the mass of biography and literary criticism that has accumulated around Walt Whitman and attempts to go back to Leaves of Grass as he first encountered it—to explore why Whitman's epic "continues to inspire and sometimes daunt" him. The result is a personal reassessment and appreciation of one master poet by another, as well as an unconventional and brilliant introduction to Whitman. Beautifully written and rich with insight, this is a book that refreshes our ability to see Whitman in all his power.

Whitman's Poetry of the Body

Whitman's Poetry of the Body
Author: M. Jimmie Killingsworth
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1989
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780807843147

This book combines literary and historical analysis in a study of sexuality in Walt Whitman's work. Informed by his "new historicist" understanding of the construction of literary texts, Jimmie Killingsworth examines the progression of Whitman's poetry an

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman
Author: Justin Kaplan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2003-07-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780060535117

Whitman's genius, passions, poetry, and androgynous sensibility entwined to create an exuberant life amid the turbulent American mid-nineteenth century. In vivid detail, Kaplan examines the mysterious selves of the enigmatic man who celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man.

What Is the Grass

What Is the Grass
Author: Mark Doty
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 039354141X

“[An] incisive, personal mediation.” —New York Times Book Review Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman’s perennially new American voice, and by his equally radical claims about body and soul. In What Is the Grass, Doty effortlessly blends biography, criticism, and memoir to keep company with Whitman and his Leaves of Grass, tracing the resonances between his own experience and the legendary poet’s life and work.

Whitman and the Irish

Whitman and the Irish
Author: Joann P. Krieg
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2000-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1587293412

Though Walt Whitman created no Irish characters in his early works of fiction, he did include the Irish as part of the democratic portrait of America that he drew in Leaves of Grass. He could hardly have done otherwise. In 1855, when the first edition of Leaves of Grass was published, the Irish made up one of the largest immigrant populations in New York City and, as such, maintained a cultural identity of their own. All of this “Irishness” swirled about Whitman as he trod the streets of his Mannahatta, ultimately becoming part of him and his poetry. As members of the working class, famous authors, or close friends, the Irish left their mark on Whitman the man and poet. In Whitman and the Irish, Joann Krieg convincingly establishes their importance within the larger framework of Whitman studies. Focusing on geography rather than biography, Krieg traces Whitman's encounters with cities where the Irish formed a large portion of the population—New York City, Boston, Camden, and Dublin—or where, as in the case of Washington, D.C., he had exceptionally close Irish friends. She also provides a brief yet important historical summary of Ireland and its relationship with America. Whitman and the Irish does more than examine Whitman's Irish friends and acquaintances: it adds a valuable dimension to our understanding of his personal world and explores a number of vital questions in social and cultural history. Krieg places Whitman in relation to the emerging labor culture of ante-bellum New York, reveals the relationship between Whitman's cultural nationalism and the Irish nationalism of the late nineteenth century, and reflects upon Whitman's involvement with the Union cause and that of Irish American soldiers.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman
Author: Barbara Kerley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Meticulously researched and documented, this portrait of American poet Walt Whitman celebrates his work and provides insight to this man, artist, and Civil War hero who is a symbol of America. Full color.

CliffsNotes on Whitman's Leaves of Grass

CliffsNotes on Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Author: V. A. Shahane
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1972-10-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0544182510

This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you’ve come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman
Author: Milton Hindus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1136213430

This set comprises of 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical Heritage published by Routledge in October 1995.

Walt Whitman and the World

Walt Whitman and the World
Author: Gay Wilson Allen
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 1995-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1587290049

Celebrating the various ethnic traditions that melded to create what we now call American literature, Whitman did his best to encourage an international reaction to his work. But even he would have been startled by the multitude of ways in which his call has been answered. By tracking this wholehearted international response and reconceptualizing American literature, Walt Whitman and the World demonstrates how various cultures have appropriated an American writer who ceases to sound quite so narrowly American when he is read into other cultures' traditions.