A political companion to Walt Whitman / edited by John E. Seery.
| Other author | Seery, John Evan. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2011. |
| Description | ix, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Political companions to great American authors Political companions to great American authors. ^A1063020 |
| Contents | Democratic vistas today / John E. Seery -- Individuality and connectedness. Walt Whitman and the culture of democracy / George Kateb -- Strange attractors: how individualists connect to form democratic unity / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Mestiza poetics: Walt Whitman, Barack Obama, and the question of union / Cristina Beltrán -- Democratic desire: Walt Whitman / Martha C. Nussbaum -- The solar judgment of Walt Whitman / Jane Bennett -- City life and bodily place. "Mass merger": Whitman and Baudelaire, the modern street, and democratic culture / Marshall Berman -- Promiscuous citizenship / Jason Frank -- Walt Whitman and the ethnopoetics of New York / Michael J. Shapiro -- Democratic manliness / Terrell Carver -- Death and citizenship. Whitman as a political thinker / Peter Augustine Lawler -- Whitman, death, and democracy / Jack Turner -- Morbid democracies: the bodies politic of Walt Whitman and Richard Rorty / Kennan Ferguson -- Democratic enlightenment: Whitman and aesthetic education / Morton Schoolman. |
| Abstract | A Political Companion to Walt Whitman is the first full-length exploration of Whitman's works through the lens of political theory. Editor John E. Seery and a collection of prominent theorists and philosophers uncover the political awareness of Whitman's poetry and prose, analyzing his faith in the potential of individuals, his call for a revolution in literature and political culture, and his belief in the possibility of combining heroic individualism with democratic justice. --from publisher description |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-352) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010030300 |
| ISBN | 9780813126548 (acid-free recycled paper) |
| ISBN | 0813126541 (acid-free recycled paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3242.P64 P65 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |