Whitman and the Irish / Joann P. Krieg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krieg, Joann P.

Series:

Iowa Whitman Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, American--19th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

Irish Americans--Biography.

Irish Americans.

Ireland--Biography.

Ireland.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Friends and associates.

Whitman, Walt.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Knowledge--United States.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Knowledge--Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Whitman & the Irish

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though Walt Whitman created no Irish characters in his early works of fiction, he did include the Irish as part of the democratic portrait of America that he drew in Leaves of Grass. He could hardly have done otherwise. In 1855, when the first edition of Leaves of Grass was published, the Irish made up one of the largest immigrant populations in New York City and, as such, maintained a cultural identity of their own. All of this ""Irishnesso swirled about Whitman as he trod the streets of his Mannahatta, ultimately becoming part of him and his poetry. As members of the working class, famous au

Contents:

Introduction; 1 Historical Background; 2 Timeline; 3 New York City; 4 Boston, 1860; 5 Washington, D.C.; 6 Boston, 1881; 7 Camden & Eminent Visitors; 8 Dublin; 9 Coda; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-265) and index.

ISBN:

1-58729-341-2

OCLC:

50320943