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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780080403321

Autore

Pollak Vivian R

Titolo

The erotic Whitman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2000

ISBN

0-520-92430-4

1-59734-603-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

811.3

811/.3

Soggetti

Erotic poetry, American - History and criticism

Homosexuality and literature

Homosexuality, Male, in literature

Male homosexuality in literature

Sex in literature

Whitman, Walt,-- 1819-1892-- Criticism and interpr

Homosexuality and literature - History - 19th century - United States

Male homosexuality, in literature

Sexual orientation in literature

American Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.