A Companion to Walt Whitman

Copyright © 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Walt Whitman

Editor(s): Donald D. Kummings

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9781405120937

Online ISBN: 9780470996812

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996812

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Comprising more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars, this companion constitutes an exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America's greatest poets.

  • Makes the best and most up-to-date thinking on Whitman available to students
  • Designed to make readers more aware of the social and cultural contexts of Whitman's work, and of the experimental nature of his writing
  • Includes contributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works, a compact biography of the poet, and a bibliography

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xvi)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–7)

      Donald D. Kummings

  3. Part I: The Life

    1. Chapter 1

      Whitman's Life and Work, 1819–92 (pages 11–26)

      Gregory Eiselein

  4. Part II: The Cultural Context

    1. Chapter 2

      Journalism (pages 29–41)

      Douglas A. Noverr

    2. Chapter 3

      The City (pages 42–59)

      William Pannapacker

    3. Chapter 4

      Labor and Laborers (pages 60–75)

      M. Wynn Thomas

    4. Chapter 5

      Politics (pages 76–86)

      Gary Wihl

    5. Chapter 6

      Oratory (pages 87–100)

      J. R. LeMaster

    6. Chapter 7

      Slavery and Race (pages 101–121)

      Martin Klammer

    7. Chapter 8

      Nation and Identity (pages 122–135)

      Eldrid Herrington

    8. Chapter 9

      A Theory of Organic Democracy (pages 136–150)

      Stephen John Mack

    9. Chapter 10

      Imperialism (pages 151–163)

      Walter Grünzweig

    10. Chapter 11

      Sexuality (pages 164–179)

      Maire Mullins

    11. Chapter 12

      Gender (pages 180–196)

      Sherry Ceniza

    12. Chapter 13

      Religion and the Poet-Prophet (pages 197–215)

      David Kuebrich

    13. Chapter 14

      Science and Pseudoscience (pages 216–232)

      Harold Aspiz

    14. Chapter 15

      Nineteenth-century Popular Culture (pages 233–256)

      Brett Barney

    15. Chapter 16

      Opera and Other Kinds of Music (pages 257–271)

      Kathy Rugoff

    16. Chapter 17

      Nineteenth-century Visual Culture (pages 272–289)

      Ed Folsom

    17. Chapter 18

      Civil War (pages 290–310)

      Luke Mancuso

    18. Chapter 19

      Nature (pages 311–324)

      M. Jimmie Killingsworth

    19. Chapter 20

      Death and the Afterlife (pages 325–340)

      William J. Scheick

    20. Chapter 21

      Twentieth-century Mass Media Appearances (pages 341–358)

      Andrew Jewell and Kenneth M. Price

  5. Part III: The Literary Context

    1. Chapter 22

      Language (pages 361–376)

      Tyler Hoffman

    2. Chapter 23

      Style (pages 377–391)

      James Perrin Warren

    3. Chapter 24

      Literary Contemporaries (pages 392–408)

      Joann P. Krieg

    4. Chapter 25

      The Publishing History of Leaves of Grass (pages 409–438)

      Amanda Gailey

    5. Chapter 26

      The Poet's Reception and Legacy (pages 439–454)

      Andrew C. Higgins

  6. Part IV: Texts

    1. Chapter 27

      The First (1855) Edition of Leaves of Grass (pages 457–470)

      Edward Whitley

    2. Chapter 28

      “Song of Myself” (pages 471–483)

      Kerry C. Larson

    3. Chapter 29

      “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” (pages 484–495)

      James Dougherty

    4. Chapter 30

      “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” (pages 496–507)

      Howard Nelson

    5. Chapter 31

      “Live Oak, with Moss,” “Calamus,” and “Children of Adam” (pages 508–521)

      Steven Olsen-Smith

    6. Chapter 32

      Civil War Poems in “Drum-Taps” and “Memories of President Lincoln” (pages 522–538)

      Ted Genoways

    7. Chapter 33

      Democratic Vistas (pages 540–552)

      Robert Leigh Davis

    8. Chapter 34

      Specimen Days (pages 553–565)

      Martin G. Murray

    9. Chapter 35

      The Prose Writings: Selected Secondary Sources (pages 566–587)

      Donald D. Kummings

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      Index (pages 588–607)

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