Minor Prophecy: Walt Whitman's New American ReligionIndiana University Press, 1989 - 240 pages Many of Walt Whitman's earliest readers hailed him as a religious prophet. For them, Leaves of Grass was more than literary art; it was sacred scripture. Recent scholarship has, however, dismissed those early enthusiasts as naive, if not crazy. David Kuebrich's new study of Whitman corrects that academic oversight by giving the early Whitmanites their due as the critics who most clearly perceived the nature and purpose of the poet's labors—to begin a new religion. Kuebrich's thorough, intelligent study, based squarely on textual evidence, offers a revisionist interpretation of America's great poet, returning religious vision and spirituality to the center of Whitman studies. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 36
Page 131
... homosexual love poetry . In the last ten years , the homosexual reading has been even more strongly asserted by Robert K. Martin , Joseph Cady , Alan Helms , Karl Keller , and Jimmie Killingsworth . Unlike earlier readings which either ...
... homosexual love poetry . In the last ten years , the homosexual reading has been even more strongly asserted by Robert K. Martin , Joseph Cady , Alan Helms , Karl Keller , and Jimmie Killingsworth . Unlike earlier readings which either ...
Page 173
... homosexual orientation and outlook ) . But if this position is maintained , I think it must also be conceded that the experience of gays and non - gays is sufficiently different to make this theme much less obvious to many non - homosexual ...
... homosexual orientation and outlook ) . But if this position is maintained , I think it must also be conceded that the experience of gays and non - gays is sufficiently different to make this theme much less obvious to many non - homosexual ...
Page 174
... homosexual and heterosexual as polar opposites is misleading . Perhaps most , if not all , individuals have at least some capacity for both heterosexual and homosexual love . Furthermore , many people may be bisexual or feel that their ...
... homosexual and heterosexual as polar opposites is misleading . Perhaps most , if not all , individuals have at least some capacity for both heterosexual and homosexual love . Furthermore , many people may be bisexual or feel that their ...
Contents
Reconsidering Whitmans Intention | 1 |
A New Religion | 12 |
Interpreting Historys Meaning | 27 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
afterlife American antebellum argued asserts belief body Brooklyn Daily Eagle Calamus Christian mysticism church Civil conceived consciousness cosmology Cradle creation critics culture democracy Democratic depicts describes discussion divine earlier earth edition Emerson Emory Holloway ence Essays evolutionary existence faith freedom Gay Wilson Allen God's homosexual human human sexuality Ibid ideas immanent immortality interpretation Kuebrich later Leaves of Grass Lilacs literature male manly love millennial millennialist millennium Miller modern moral nation natural fact night passage perfect perfectionism phrenology poem's poems poet poet's poetic political present Press proclaim progress prophet race Ralph Waldo Emerson readers realization reform religion religious cosmology religious democracy religious experience religious symbols religious vision sense sexual society Song soul soul's spiritual development stars suggests theme theory thought tion traditional transcendent understanding Union Univ universe Walt Whitman Whit Whitman believed Whitman's poetry women world view York