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Author Pollak, Vivian R.

Title The erotic Whitman / Vivian R. Pollak.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-244) and index.
Note Print version record.
Summary In this provocative analysis of Whitman's exemplary quest for happiness, Vivian Pollak skillfully explores the intimate relationships that contributed to his portrayal of masculinity in crisis. She maintains that in representing himself as a characteristic nineteenth-century American and in proposing to heal national ills, Whitman was trying to temper his own inner conflicts as well.
Subject Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. (OCoLC)fst00039575
Homosexuality and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Erotic poetry, American -- History and criticism.
Male homosexuality in literature.
Sex in literature.
Sexual orientation in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
Erotic poetry, American. (OCoLC)fst00914871
Homosexuality and literature. (OCoLC)fst00959818
Male homosexuality in literature. (OCoLC)fst01430689
Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
Sex in literature. (OCoLC)fst01114464
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Indexed Term Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Sex.
Other Form: Print version: Pollak, Vivian R. Erotic Whitman. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520221893 (DLC) 00022229 (OCoLC)43403469
Standard No. XA677861
ISBN 9780520924307 (electronic bk.)
0520924304 (electronic bk.)
0585390266 (electronic bk.)
9780585390260 (electronic bk.)
1597346039 (electronic bk.)
9781597346030 (electronic bk.)
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