Whitman possessed : poetry, sexuality, and popular authority /

This is a challenging theory of Whitman's poetics of possession and his understandings of individual and national identity. The author reads his works in relation to 19th-century theories of sexual desire, poetic inspiration and political representation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maslan, Mark
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Homosexuality and literature > United States > History > 19th century. Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Political and social views. Power (Social sciences) in literature. Male homosexuality in literature. Possessiveness in literature. Masculinity in literature. Authority in literature. Gay men in literature. Self in literature. Sex in literature. Poetics. Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Criticism and interpretation.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Description
Summary:	This is a challenging theory of Whitman's poetics of possession and his understandings of individual and national identity. The author reads his works in relation to 19th-century theories of sexual desire, poetic inspiration and political representation.
Physical Description:	xii, 221 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0801867010 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Related Items:	Part of The Roger Asselineau Whitman Collection.