LEADER 02765nam 22005053u 450 001 9910457471903321 005 20210114042346.0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000083262 035 $a(EBL)843185 035 $a(OCoLC)773566991 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843185 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000083262 100 $a20131216d2009|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aTransatlantic Connections$b[electronic resource] $eWhitman U.S., Whitman U.K 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aIowa Whitman Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87745-925-8 327 $aContents; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Preface; Whitman U.S.; One. A Tale of Two Cities; Two. The New Urban Politics; Three. Leaves of Grass and The Song of Hiawatha; Four. The Dreams of Labor; Five. Fratricide and Brotherly Love; Six. Weathering the Storm; Whitman U.K.; Seven. The English Whitman; Eight. Lawrence's Whitman; Nine. "What a Welshman You Would Have Been"; Notes; Index 330 $aIn this series of textual readings and cultural comparisons, M. Wynn Thomas explores Whitman's amazing ability to appeal across distances and centuries. The book's contrasting sections reflect the two locations studied: the first shows Whitman in his time and place, while the second repositions him within the cultures of England and Wales from the late 19th to the late 20th century. In the opening chapter he is placed against the vivid, outrageous background of the New York of his time; the second finds evidence in his poetry of a critique of the new urban politics of the emerging city boss; t 410 0$aIowa Whitman Series 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- England 606 $aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States 606 $aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History 606 $aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 4$aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- England. 615 4$aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States. 615 4$aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History. 615 4$aWhitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence. 676 $a811.3 676 $a811/.3 700 $aThomas$b M. Wynn$0948649 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457471903321 996 $aTransatlantic Connections$92144348 997 $aUNINA