Walt Whitman is one of the most innovative and influential
American poets of the nineteenth century. Focusing on his
masterpiece Leaves of Grass, this book provides a foundation for
the study of Whitman as an experimental poet, a radical democrat,
and a historical personality in the era of the American Civil War,
the growth of the great cities, and the westward expansion of the
United States. Always a controversial and important figure, Whitman
continues to attract the admiration of poets, artists, critics,
political activists, and readers around the world. Those studying
his work for the first time will find this an invaluable book.
Alongside close readings of the major texts, chapters on Whitman''s
biography, the history and culture of his time, and the critical
reception of his work provide a comprehensive understanding of
Whitman and of how he has become such a central figure in the
American literary canon.
目錄：
Preface
Chapter 1 Life
Youth and literary apprenticeship 1819–1850
The emergence of the poet 1851–1860
The war and its aftermath 1861–1873
The period of reflection and decline 1873–1892
Chapter 2 Historical and cultural contexts
Democracy
The body
The land
The culture
Chapter 3 Poetry before the Civil War
1855: “Song of Myself ”
Other poems dating from the 1855 Leaves of Grass
1856: poems of sexuality and the body
1856: poems of the earth
1856: “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”
1860: Sea-Drift poems
1860: gendered clusters – “Children of Adam” and “Calamus”
Chapter 4 Poetry after the Civil War
Elegiac poems
The emergence of the image
Minor poetic modes
Chapter 5 Prose works
The 1855 preface
Democratic Vistas
Specimen Days
Chapter 6 Critical reception
The first fifty years, 1855–1905
1905–1955
1955–2005
Notes
Further reading
Index
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