Walt Whitman Quarterly Review
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Whitman and Lebanon's Adonis
No full textReads Lebanese poet Adonis' (Ali Ahmed Sa'id, 1930- ) long poem The Funeral of New York in its English and French translations as a "violently anti-American" work in the prophetic mode, suggesting that Whitman's explicit appearance in section nine elicits a sympathy that is ultimately subsumed by Adonis' invective
Comer, Keith. Strange Meetings: Walt Whitman, Wilfred Owen, and the Poetry of War [review]
No full textWalt Whitman and the Quaker Woman
Get PDFExamines "Whitman's poetic depictions of women in light of his knowledge of Quaker women and Quaker influences on his spirituality" and argues that the Quaker understanding of "passivity" helps to resolve critical confusion surrounding Whitman's portrayal of women
Whitman and Sojourner Truth
Get PDFCompares the "parallel but never intersected lives" of Whitman and Sojourner Truth
Walt Whitman: A Current Bibliography, Spring 1998
No full textWalt Whitman: A Current Bibliography, Spring 1998
A Newer Realm of Poetry: Whitman and Ai Qing
Get PDFAssesses the extent of Whitman's influence on Chinese poet Ai Qing (1910-1996), showing how, although Ai Qing lacks Whitman's "all encompassing ego," Whitman's influence is significant, leading Ai Qing to "introduce prose elements" into his work and thus open new ground for contemporary Chinese poetry
Front Matter, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, vol. 15, no. 4
No full textFront Matter, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, vol. 15, no. 4
A British View to an American War: Whitman's 'Drum-Taps' Cluster and the Editorial Influence of William Michael Rossetti
No full textExamines William Michael Rossetti's editorial influence on the "Drum-Taps" cluster in Leaves of Grass and details arrangements of Whitman's Civil War poems by Whitman and Rossetti, arguing that the sequence, "as ultimately presented to the world by Whitman, owes its essential structure and meaning to Rossetti's editorial pioneering of 1868.
Memorializing Lincoln: Whitman's "Revision" of James Speed's Oration Upon the Inauguration of the Bust of Abraham Lincoln
No full textCompares the texts of James Speed's Oration Upon the Inauguration of the Bust of Abraham Lincoln with writings of Whitman on Lincoln and assesses the poet's editorial influence on Speed's oration, concluding that it "bears the indelible imprint of the poet.
