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PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press

ISBN-100809317613

ISBN-139780809317615

eBay Product ID (ePID)644897

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameMasculine Landscapes : Walt Whitman and the Historical Text

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1992

SubjectMen's Studies, Poetry, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, LGBT, Emotions

TypeTextbook

AuthorBryne R. S. Fone

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Psychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN91-031153

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal811/.3

SynopsisScrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman s earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 185556, the first edition (1855) of "Leaves of Grass, "and the "Calamus "poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman s homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry.Fone shows how Whitman s presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, and" "structures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sexual facts of homosexuality shape and define such texts. Further, he places Whitman in the context of nineteenth-century literary/social homosexual life as well as in the context of homosexual fantasy as expressed in certain nineteenth-century texts.", Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman's earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 1855-56, the first edition (1855) of Leaves of Grass, and the Calamus poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman's homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry. Fone shows how Whitman's presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, andstructures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sexual facts of homosexuality shape and define such texts. Further, he places Whitman in the context of nineteenth-century literary/social homosexual life as well as in the context of homosexual fantasy as expressed in certain nineteenth-century texts., Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman's earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 1855-56, the first edition (1855) of Leaves of Grass, and the Calamus poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman's homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry. Fone shows how Whitman's presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, and structures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sexual facts of homosexuality shape and define such texts. Further, he places Whitman in the context of nineteenth-century literary/social homosexual life as well as in the context of homosexual fantasy as expressed in certain nineteenth-century texts.

LC Classification NumberPS3242.H56F66 1992