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Whitman, Slavery, and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass

Af: Martin Klammer Engelsk Paperback

Whitman, Slavery, and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass

Af: Martin Klammer Engelsk Paperback
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Although the significance of Walt Whitman's thinking about African Americans and slavery to his poetry has been largely ignored by Whitman scholars, Martin Klammer argues that Leaves of Grass is a major text dealing with race relations in the mid-nineteenth century. Through a close historical analysis, Klammer reveals how the evolution of Whitman's attitudes—from pro-slavery to "Free Soilism" to a deep sympathy for slaves—parallels and inspires his emergence as a poet from the beginning of his career through the 1855 edition. The issue of slavery continually influenced Whitman's work, culminating in 1854 when public reaction to two national developments on the slavery question—the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the case of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns—suddenly created an audience more receptive to Whitman's views and compelled him to revise and publish the poems known as Leaves of Grass. At the heart of these poems is a radically new and sympathetic view of African Americans and of their significance to Whitman's vision of a multiracial, egalitarian society. While previous critics have described Whitman's puzzling, seemingly contradictory views on slavery, no other study has so thoroughly investigated Whitman and the question of slavery, nor understood the importance of slavery to Whitman's development as a poet.
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Although the significance of Walt Whitman's thinking about African Americans and slavery to his poetry has been largely ignored by Whitman scholars, Martin Klammer argues that Leaves of Grass is a major text dealing with race relations in the mid-nineteenth century. Through a close historical analysis, Klammer reveals how the evolution of Whitman's attitudes—from pro-slavery to "Free Soilism" to a deep sympathy for slaves—parallels and inspires his emergence as a poet from the beginning of his career through the 1855 edition. The issue of slavery continually influenced Whitman's work, culminating in 1854 when public reaction to two national developments on the slavery question—the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the case of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns—suddenly created an audience more receptive to Whitman's views and compelled him to revise and publish the poems known as Leaves of Grass. At the heart of these poems is a radically new and sympathetic view of African Americans and of their significance to Whitman's vision of a multiracial, egalitarian society. While previous critics have described Whitman's puzzling, seemingly contradictory views on slavery, no other study has so thoroughly investigated Whitman and the question of slavery, nor understood the importance of slavery to Whitman's development as a poet.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9780271024998
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0271024992
Kategori: Litteraturstudier: fra 1800 til 1900
Udg. Dato: 15 apr 1997
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 154mm
Højde: 228mm
Forlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 apr 1997
Forfatter(e): Martin Klammer
Forfatter(e) Martin Klammer

Kategori Litteraturstudier: fra 1800 til 1900

ISBN-13 9780271024998

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 192

Udgave

Længde 13mm

Bredde 154mm

Højde 228mm

Udg. Dato 15 apr 1997

Oplagsdato 15 apr 1997

Forlag Pennsylvania State University Press