Minor Prophecy: Walt Whitman's New American ReligionIndiana University Press, 1989 - 240 من الصفحات Many of Walt Whitman's earliest readers hailed him as a religious prophet. For them, Leaves of Grass was more than literary art; it was sacred scripture. Recent scholarship has, however, dismissed those early enthusiasts as naive, if not crazy. David Kuebrich's new study of Whitman corrects that academic oversight by giving the early Whitmanites their due as the critics who most clearly perceived the nature and purpose of the poet's labors—to begin a new religion. Kuebrich's thorough, intelligent study, based squarely on textual evidence, offers a revisionist interpretation of America's great poet, returning religious vision and spirituality to the center of Whitman studies. |
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... argued that Whitman was " a poet of the great- est and oddest delicacy and originality and sensitivity , so far as ... argue that an analysis of Whitman's own statements about his art indi- cates that he intended for the catalogs to ...
... argued that Whitman was " a poet of the great- est and oddest delicacy and originality and sensitivity , so far as ... argue that an analysis of Whitman's own statements about his art indi- cates that he intended for the catalogs to ...
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... argued that Whitman probably first became acquainted with some of Emerson's ideas by attending one or two programs of the latter's New York lecture series of March 3-14 , 1842 , which consisted of " The Times , " " The Poet , " " The ...
... argued that Whitman probably first became acquainted with some of Emerson's ideas by attending one or two programs of the latter's New York lecture series of March 3-14 , 1842 , which consisted of " The Times , " " The Poet , " " The ...
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... argued that Hegel was the chief influence upon Whitman's understanding of history . The fatal defect in this argument is that even its proponents concede that Whitman did not become familiar with Hegel's thought before 1854 and perhaps ...
... argued that Hegel was the chief influence upon Whitman's understanding of history . The fatal defect in this argument is that even its proponents concede that Whitman did not become familiar with Hegel's thought before 1854 and perhaps ...
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Reconsidering Whitmans Intention | 1 |
A New Religion | 12 |
Interpreting Historys Meaning | 27 |
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