Cultural authority in the age of Whitman : a transatlantic perspective / Günter Leypoldt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leypoldt, Günter, author.

Series:

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures.

Edinburgh studies in transatlantic literatures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Whitman, Walt.

American poetry--19th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Whitman, Walt 1819-1892--Influence.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature in a transatlantic context.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHITMAN AND THE 'LAWLESS MUSIC' OF AMERICAN CULTURE; TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY US DISCOURSE; CHAPTER 1 THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY INTELLECTUAL FIELD; CHAPTER 2 US DISCOURSE AND THE EXPRESSIVIST TURN; REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORS; CHAPTER 3 THE POET AS ORPHIC SINGER: RALPH WALDO EMERSON; CHAPTER 4 WALT WHITMAN AND THE POETRY OF THE FUTURE; CONCEPTUAL FIELDS OF US CULTURE; CHAPTER 5 THE MUSIC OF AMERICA; Chapter 6 NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE SMELL OF THE WOODS; Chapter 7 THE DEMOCRATIC MUSE

INVENTING WHITMANIAN AUTHORITY Chapter 8 CONTEMPORARY RECEPTION; Chapter 9 WHITMAN AMONG THE MODERNS; EPILOG: AFTER THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-288) and index.

ISBN:

1-4744-7026-2

0-7486-5165-9

1-282-62028-2

9786612620287

0-7486-3575-0

OCLC:

638860150