Whitman possessed
poetry, sexuality, and popular authority
by Mark Maslan
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"Whitman has long been more than a celebrated American author. He has become a kind of hero, whose poetry vindicates beliefs not only about poetry but also about sexuality and power. In Whitman Possessed: Poetry, Sexuality, and Popular Authority, Mark Maslan presents a challenging theory of Whitman's poetics of possession and his understandings of individual and national identity.
By reading his works in relation to nineteenth-century theories of sexual desire, poetic inspiration, and political representation, Maslan argues that the disintegration of individuality in Whitman's texts is meant not to undermine cultural hierarchies but to make poetic and political authority newly viable."--BOOK JACKET.
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Masculinity in literature, Sex in literature, Homosexuality, Male, in literature, Poetics, Gay men in literature, Political and social views, Possessiveness in literature, Homosexuality and literature, Authority in literature, Power (Social sciences) in literature, Self in literature, History, Histoire, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la littérature, Homosexualité masculine dans la littérature, Critique et interprétation, Dans la littérature, Et la sexualité, Masculinité (psychologie), Male homosexuality in literature, Sexualité dans la littérature, Masculinité dans la littérature, Moi, Possessivité dans la littérature, Sexualität, Sexualité, Autorité dans la littérature, Homosexualité, Homosexualité et littérature, Pouvoir (sciences sociales), Pensée politique et sociale, Homosexualité masculine, Autorité (psychologie) dans la littérature, Popularität, Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature, Poétique, Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature, Lyrik, Autorite dans la litterature, Poetry, Masculinite dans la litterature, Homosexualite et litterature, LITERARY CRITICISM, Et la sexualite, Poetique, Pensee politique et sociale, Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature, Homosexualite masculine dans la litterature, Homosexuels masculins dans la litterature, Sexualite dans la litterature, Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) dans la litterature, Possessivite dans la litterature, Male homosexuality, in literature, Whitman, walt, 1819-1892, Power (social sciences) in literature, Homosexuality in literature, Sex, Criticism and interpretationPeople
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2003, Johns Hopkins University Press
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2001, Johns Hopkins University Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-213) and index.
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