Recovers Whitman as a self-conscious religious figure with an ethic based in male comradeship, one at odds with the temper of his times.
A giant of American letters, Walt Whitman is known both as a poet and, to many, as an early precursor of the gay liberation movement. This revealing book recovers for today’s reader a lost Whitman, delving into the original context and intentions of his poetry and pros...(Read More)