Walt Whitman and the birth of modern American poetry

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  • Author: Karbiener, Karen
    Summary:

    In this course, professor Karbiener explores how Walt Whitman broke with the tyranny of European literary forms to establish a broad, new voice for American poetry. By examining the life of Whitman in the context of broad social and political change, we learn why the values we as contemporary Americans prize were often decided and idealized by this period of our history.

    Contents:
    • "Listener up there!" : Whitman springs off the page
    • The revolution of the first edition: Whitman's Leaves of grass
    • Emerson, Whitman, and the beginnings of an original American literature
    • Manhattan's son rises
    • Sex is the root of it all
    • Whitman's civil war
    • Banned in Boston: Whitman and censorship
    • Glancing back, looking forward: Whitman and the promise of America
    • Whitman among the moderns
    • I, too, sing America: Black voices respond to Whitman
    • From "Barbaric Yawp" to "Howl"
    • Whitman, visual poetics, and the New York School
    • Singing the songs: Whitman's impsct on modern American music
    • I stop somewhere waiting for you: Whitman's enduring presence.
    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md. , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781449891701

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Abstract

In this course, professor Karbiener explores how Walt Whitman broke with the tyranny of European literary forms to establish a broad, new voice for American poetry. By examining the life of Whitman in the context of broad social and political change, we learn why the values we as contemporary Americans prize were often decided and idealized by this period of our history.

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Biographies and autobiographies
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Prince Frederick, Md.

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

Recorded Books

[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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