03386nam 22008053u 450 991078008040332120230422042352.00-520-92430-41-59734-603-9(CKB)111056485640910(EBL)223178(OCoLC)475927222(SSID)ssj0000149015(PQKBManifestationID)11136655(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149015(PQKBWorkID)10237068(PQKB)11711972(MiAaPQ)EBC223178(EXLCZ)9911105648564091020130418d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe erotic Whitman[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Press20001 online resource (295 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22189-3 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; IndexIn 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.Erotic poetry, American - History and criticismHomosexuality and literatureHomosexuality, Male, in literatureMale homosexuality in literatureSex in literatureWhitman, Walt,-- 1819-1892-- Criticism and interprHomosexuality and literatureHistory19th centuryUnited StatesErotic poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismMale homosexuality, in literatureSexual orientation in literatureSex in literatureAmerican LiteratureHILCCEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCErotic 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 literatureHistoryErotic poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismMale homosexuality, in literatureSexual orientation in literatureSex in literatureAmerican LiteratureEnglishLanguages & Literatures811.3811/.3Pollak Vivian R1082679AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910780080403321The Erotic Whitman2777531UNINA