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Walt Whitman and Nineteenth-Century Women Reformers by Sherry Ceniza (1998, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Alabama Press
ISBN-100817308938
ISBN-139780817308933
eBay Product ID (ePID)1142771
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
Publication NameWalt Whitman and Nineteenth-Century Women Reformers
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Women Authors, Subjects & Themes / Women, Feminist, American / General, Poetry, Social Activists
TypeTextbook
AuthorSherry Ceniza
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight23.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-024621
Reviews"Leaves of Grass is essentially a woman's book: the women do not know it, but every now and then a woman shows that she knows it: it speaks out the necessities, its cry is the cry of the right and wrong of the woman sex- of the woman first of all, of the facts of creation first of all- of the feminine: speaks out loud: warns, encourages, persuades, points the way."--Walt Whitman, "Ceniza has written the premier study of Whitman and the culture of 19th-century feminism."-Ezra Greenspan, University of South Carolina, "Leaves of Grass is essentially a woman's book: the women do not know it, but every now and then a woman shows that she knows it: it speaks out the necessities, its cry is the cry of the right and wrong of the woman sex- of the woman first of all, of the facts of creation first of all- of the feminine: speaks out loud: warns, encourages, persuades, points the way." -Walt Whitman, "Ceniza has written the premier study of Whitman and the culture of 19th-century feminism." -Ezra Greenspan, University of South Carolina, "Ceniza's study provides the fullest account yet of Whitman's relation to the American feminists of midcentury. . . . Ceniza's book deals with . . . questions from a feminist position that clearly admires Whitman profoundly. She has made excellent use of archival material, uncovering a wealth of private or little-known comments on Whitman's work by leading American feminists of the midnineteenth century. Ultimately a study in social history, Ceniza's work will enable a significant reappraisal of Whitman and 'the woman question.'" - American Literature, "Leaves of Grass is essentially a woman's book: the women do not know it, but every now and then a woman shows that she knows it: it speaks out the necessities, its cry is the cry of the right and wrong of the woman sex- of the woman first of all, of the facts of creation first of all- of the feminine: speaks out loud: warns, encourages, persuades, points the way."-Walt Whitman, "Ceniza has written the premier study of Whitman and the culture of 19th-century feminism."--Ezra Greenspan, University of South Carolina, "Ceniza's study provides the fullest account yet of Whitman's relation to the American feminists of midcentury. . . . Ceniza's book deals with . . . questions from a feminist position that clearly admires Whitman profoundly. She has made excellent use of archival material, uncovering a wealth of private or little-known comments on Whitman's work by leading American feminists of the mid-nineteenth century. Ultimately a study in social history, Ceniza's work will enable a significant reappraisal of Whitman and 'the woman question.'" -- American Literature
IllustratedYes
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Louisa Van Helsor Whitman 10 2. Abby Hills Price 45 3. Paulina Wright Davis 96 4. Ernestine L. Rose 140 5. Responses of Some 19th-Century Women to the 1860 Leaves of Grass 181 Conclusion 220 Notes 241 Bibliography 269 Index 281
SynopsisCeniza provides a dramatic rereading of Walt Whitman's poetry through the lens of 19th-century feminist culture., Ceniza provides a dramatic rereading of Walt Whitman's poetry through the lens of 19th-century feminist culture. Walt Whitman and 19th-Century Women Reformers documents Whitman's friendships with women during the 1850s, the decade of Whitman's most creative period. The book reveals startling connections between the rst three editions of Leaves of Grass and the texts generated by the women he knew during this period, many of whom were radical activists in the women's rights movement. Sherry Ceniza argues that Whitman's editions of Leaves became progressively more radically 'feminist' as he followed the women's rights movement during the 1850s and that he was influenced by what he called the 'true woman of the new aggressive type . . . woman under the new dispensation.' Ceniza documents the progression of the National Woman's Rights movement through the lives and writings of three of its leaders- Abby Hills Price, Paulina Wright Davis, and Ernestine L. Rose. By juxtaposing the texts written by these women with Leaves, Ceniza shows that Whitman used many of the same arguments and rhetorical gestures as his female activist friends. The book also discusses the influence of women engaged in women's rights outside the National Woman's Rights organization. And Ceniza's opening chapter is devoted to a fresh interpretation of the life and thought of another strong-minded woman who influenced the poet's writing-Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, Walt Whitman's mother., Ceniza provides a dramatic rereading of Walt Whitman's poetry through the lens of 19th-century feminist culture. Walt Whitman and 19th-Century Women Reformers documents Whitman's friendships with women during the 1850s, the decade of Whitman's most creative period. The book reveals startling connections between the Þrst three editions of Leaves of Grass and the texts generated by the women he knew during this period, many of whom were radical activists in the women's rights movement. Sherry Ceniza argues that Whitman's editions of Leaves became progressively more radically 'feminist' as he followed the women's rights movement during the 1850s and that he was influenced by what he called the 'true woman of the new aggressive type . . . woman under the new dispensation.' Ceniza documents the progression of the National Woman's Rights movement through the lives and writings of three of its leaders- Abby Hills Price, Paulina Wright Davis, and Ernestine L. Rose. By juxtaposing the texts written by these women with Leaves, Ceniza shows that Whitman used many of the same arguments and rhetorical gestures as his female activist friends. The book also discusses the influence of women engaged in women's rights outside the National Woman's Rights organization. And Ceniza's opening chapter is devoted to a fresh interpretation of the life and thought of another strong-minded woman who influenced the poet's writing-Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, Walt Whitman's mother.
LC Classification NumberPS3242.W6C46 1998
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