The Presence of Walt Whitman : Selected Papers from the English Institute / R. W. B. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, R. W. B., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1962]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Offers an appraisal of Walt Whitman's poetry and of his place in modern letters. Also tests his different perspectives and reflects on successive phases of his career.

Contents:

Frontmatter

FOREWORD

CONTENTS

WHITMAN ' SAWAKENING TO DEATH Toward a Biographical Reading of "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" / Whicker, Stephen E.

WHITMAN 'S CURIOUS WARBLE : REMINISCENCE AND RECONCILIATION / Fussell, Paul

' ' OUT OF THE CRADLE ' ' AS A RORANCE / Chase, Richard

WHITMAN JUSTIFIED: THE POET IN 1860 / Pearce, Roy Harvey

WHITMAN , POUND , AND THE PROSE TRADITION / Hynes, Samuel

THE DELICACY OF WALT WHITMAN / Wright, James A.

APPENDIX Versions of "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED

SUPERVISING COMMITTEE The English Institute, 1961

THE PROGRAM September 5 through September 8, 1961

REGISTRANTS

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89646-8

OCLC:

636964505