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Walt Whitman's place in U.S. letters is unchallenged: he is the poet of America, democracy, and individual freedom. Yet Whitman and his work have been misrepresented by scholars and critics during the 20th century, and it is only recently that they have begun admitting the poet's homosexuality and examining its effect on his work. Gary Schmidgall's bold and well-researched Walt Whitman: A Gay Life presents abundant and irrefutable evidence of the poet's vibrant sexuality and details Whitman's sexual and romantic affairs. More important, however, he explains how Whitman's attraction to men was at the root of his poetic vision: in Whitman's work the "body electric" is more than a metaphor. Walt Whitman: A Gay Life is a vital addition to Whitman studies and critical work on American literature. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In Calamus #41 Whitman wrote, "Among men and women, the multitude, I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs...Some are baffled?But that one is not?that one knows me...I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections." Despite the seeming openness of his poetry, discovering Whitman the man has posed something of a problem for scholars, perhaps because many of them have failed to pick up on the clues he left regarding his sexual orientation. Schmidgall, who demonstrates an intuitive understanding of these clues, gets to the root of him. His sensitive reading of those "faint [and not so faint] indirections" in Whitman's poetry, prose, letters, manuscripts and recorded conversations results in a fascinating flesh-and-blood portrait. One may not always agree with his admittedly personal readings of particular passage, but ultimately the man who emerges seems both very real and very connected to the "gay" experience. For its unique and illuminating perspective, this work belongs in all academic and gay studies/literary biography collections.?David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersberg, Fla.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Walt Whitman's place in U.S. letters is unchallenged: he is the poet of America, democracy, and individual freedom. Yet Whitman and his work have been misrepresented by scholars and critics during the 20th century, and it is only recently that they have begun admitting the poet's homosexuality and examining its effect on his work. Gary Schmidgall's bold and well-researched Walt Whitman: A Gay Life presents abundant and irrefutable evidence of the poet's vibrant sexuality and details Whitman's sexual and romantic affairs. More important, however, he explains how Whitman's attraction to men was at the root of his poetic vision: in Whitman's work the "body electric" is more than a metaphor. Walt Whitman: A Gay Life is a vital addition to Whitman studies and critical work on American literature. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
In Calamus #41 Whitman wrote, "Among men and women, the multitude, I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs...Some are baffled?But that one is not?that one knows me...I meant that you should discover me so, by my faint indirections." Despite the seeming openness of his poetry, discovering Whitman the man has posed something of a problem for scholars, perhaps because many of them have failed to pick up on the clues he left regarding his sexual orientation. Schmidgall, who demonstrates an intuitive understanding of these clues, gets to the root of him. His sensitive reading of those "faint [and not so faint] indirections" in Whitman's poetry, prose, letters, manuscripts and recorded conversations results in a fascinating flesh-and-blood portrait. One may not always agree with his admittedly personal readings of particular passage, but ultimately the man who emerges seems both very real and very connected to the "gay" experience. For its unique and illuminating perspective, this work belongs in all academic and gay studies/literary biography collections.?David W. Henderson, Eckerd Coll. Lib., St. Petersberg, Fla.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (Historical Guides to American Authors) by David S. Reynolds on page 148, and Back Matter
- Insult and the Making of the Gay Self (Series Q) by Didier Eribon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the 19th Century by H.G. Cocks in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Affectionate Men: A Photographic History of a Century of Male Couples, 1850-1950 by Russell Bush on page 96
- The Teachers & Writers Guide to Classic American Literature by Gary Lenhart on page 105