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Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism Ser.: Poetry of Walt Whitman by Walt. Whitman and Nick Selby (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMacmillan Education UK
ISBN-10184046240X
ISBN-139781840462401
eBay Product ID (ePID)11038599620
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXii, 175 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePoetry of Walt Whitman
Publication Year2003
SubjectAmerican / General, Poetry
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
AuthorWalt. Whitman, Nick Selby
SeriesReaders' Guides to Essential Criticism Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2003-055878
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal811/.3
Table Of ContentIntroduction.- Early Reviews.- Whitman in the Early Twentieth Century.- Whitman and the 'American Renaissance'.- Whitman, Myth Criticism and the Growth of American Studies.- Whitman, Cultural Materialism and 'Reconstructive' Readings.- Ideology and Desire: Whitman and Sexuality.- Ideology and Deconstruction: Whitman and 'New Americanist' Critiques.- Bibliography.- Index.
SynopsisNick Selby assembles some of the most important critical writings about Walt Whitman in order to demonstrate how critical debate about him has reflected changing perceptions of America itself. Beginning with essays by Emerson and Whitman, and reviews of the first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855), this Readers' Guide discusses the literary expectations that Whitman transgressed, and continues by examining his gradual critical elevation into America's spokesman, its 'good gray poet', and his place in the growth of 'American Studies' in the 1940s and 1950s. In its final chapters the Guide explores postmodern, cultural materialist, and 'queer' readings of Whitman's poetry., This Readers' Guide assembles some of the most important critical writings about Walt Whitman in order to demonstrate how critical debate about him has reflected changing perceptions of America itself. Starting with early reviews, the guide moves through essays that elevate Whitman to America's spokesman, its 'good gray poet', and closes with essays that discuss Whitman in the light of postmodern, cultural materialist, and 'queer' reading practices. Nick Selby offers an overview of how the poet's critics have dealt with his work and its cultural legacy., This Readers' Guide assembles some of the most important critical writings about Walt Whitman in order to demonstrate how critical debate about him has reflected changing perceptions of America itself. Starting with early reviews, the guide moves through essays that elevate Whitman to America's spokesman, its "good gray poet", and closes with essays that discuss Whitman in the light of postmodern, cultural materialist, and "queer" reading practices. Nick Selby offers an overview of how the poet's critics have dealt with his work and its cultural legacy.
LC Classification NumberPN1-PN6790
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