The erotic Whitman [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Pollak Vivian R
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 811.3; 811/.3
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Erotic Whitman
• ISBN: 0-520-92430-4; 1-59734-603-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780080403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II