Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
This chapter offers a reading of Walt Whitman's novel Leaves of Grass. It highlights the difficulty of interpreting this novel without first taking a position on several other issues that demand one's attention for extraneous reasons and in coming to terms with Whitman not merely as the author of certain poems, but as a phenomenon of American culture. It also discusses arguments about Whitman's sensitivity and the view that he ignored the fatal antiquity of human nature in this novel.
Keywords: Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman, American culture, sensitivity, human nature
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