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Masculine Landscapes : Walt Whitman and the Historical Text by Bryne R. S. Fone (1992, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press
ISBN-100809317613
ISBN-139780809317615
eBay Product ID (ePID)644897
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMasculine Landscapes : Walt Whitman and the Historical Text
SubjectMen's Studies, Poetry, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, LGBT, Emotions
Publication Year1992
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Psychology
AuthorBryne R. S. Fone
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN91-031153
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal811/.3
SynopsisScrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman s earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 185556, the first edition (1855) of "Leaves of Grass, "and the "Calamus "poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman s homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry.Fone shows how Whitman s presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, and" "structures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sexual facts of homosexuality shape and define such texts. Further, he places Whitman in the context of nineteenth-century literary/social homosexual life as well as in the context of homosexual fantasy as expressed in certain nineteenth-century texts.", Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman's earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 1855-56, the first edition (1855) of Leaves of Grass, and the Calamus poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman's homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry. Fone shows how Whitman's presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, andstructures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sexual facts of homosexuality shape and define such texts. Further, he places Whitman in the context of nineteenth-century literary/social homosexual life as well as in the context of homosexual fantasy as expressed in certain nineteenth-century texts., Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman's earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 1855-56, the first edition (1855) of Leaves of Grass, and the Calamus poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman's homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry. Fone shows how Whitman's presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, and structures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sexual facts of homosexuality shape and define such texts. Further, he places Whitman in the context of nineteenth-century literary/social homosexual life as well as in the context of homosexual fantasy as expressed in certain nineteenth-century texts.
LC Classification NumberPS3242.H56F66 1992
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