Whitman noir : black America and the good gray poet / edited by Ivy G. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Ivy G., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.

Whitman, Walt.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Influence.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Black people in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xix, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2014]

Summary:

Whitman Noir: Black America and the Good Gray Poet explores the meaning of blacks and blackness in Whitman's imagination and, equally significant, also illuminates the aura of Whitman in African American letters from Langston Hughes to June Jordan, Margaret Walker to Yusef Komunyakaa. The essays, which feature academic scholars and poets alike, address questions of literary history, the textual interplay between author and narrator, and race and poetic influence. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1

1 Erasing Race: The Lost Black Presence in Whitman's Manuscripts / Ed Folsom Folsom, Ed 3

2 The "Creole" Episode: Slavery and Temperance in Franklin Evans / Amina Gautier Gautier, Amina 32

3 Kindred Darkness: Whitman in New Orleans / Matt Sandler Sandler, Matt 54

4 Walt Whitman, James Weldon Johnson, and the Violent Paradox of US Progress / Christopher Freeburg Freeburg, Christopher 82

5 Postwar America, Again / Ivy G. Wilson Wilson, Ivy G. 104

6 Transforming the Kosmos: Yusef Komunyakaa Musing on Walt Whitman / Jacob Wilkenfeld Wilkenfeld, Jacob 124

Part 2

7 For the Sake of People's Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us / June Jordan Jordan, June 151

8 On Whitman, Civil War Memory, and My South / Natasha Trethewey Trethewey, Natasha 163

9 Whitman: Year One / Rowan Ricardo Phillips Phillips, Rowan Ricardo 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1609382366

9781609382360

OCLC:

863201330