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The erotic Whitman / Vivian R. Pollak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pollak, Vivian R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality and literature--United States--History--19th century.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Erotic poetry, American--History and criticism.
- Erotic poetry, American.
- Male homosexuality in literature.
- Sexual orientation in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Views on sexual orientation.
- Whitman, Walt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this provocative analysis of Whitman's exemplary quest for happiness, Vivian Pollak skillfully explores the intimate relationships that contributed to his portrayal of masculinity in crisis. She maintains that in representing himself as a characteristic nineteenth-century American and in proposing to heal national ills, Whitman was trying to temper his own inner conflicts as well.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Citation Note; Preface; 1. The Erotics of Youth; 2. Why Whitman Gave Up Fiction; 3. Interleaf: From Walter to Walt; 4. Faith in Sex: Leaves of Grass in 1855Đ56; 5. The Politics of Love in the 1860 Leaves of Grass; 6. Whitman Unperturbed: The Civil War and After; 7. ÒIn Loftiest SpheresÓ: WhitmanÕs Visionary Feminism; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-520-92430-4
- 1-59734-603-9
- OCLC:
- 475927222
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