Tag Archives: Walt Whitman

Book Review from Agni: Whitman, Lately: C.K. Williams’s On Whitman

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Prof VZ

As you’ve all worked so diligently on your research papers, I thought it would be fitting to post part of a piece I’ve been working on over the course of the semester–a piece I recently published in a journal called … Continue reading →

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Olds and Whitman

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Anna Kate Lister

Sharon Olds addresses Walt Whitman directly, by name, in at least two of her poems.  But her conference with the Bard, despite the century between them, pervades a far more overwhelming portion of her work than that.  “The bodies of … Continue reading →

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Whitman, Neruda, and Earth’s Indifference

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Katie Lastrapes

In 1856, Walt Whitman wrote “The Poem of Wonder at the Resurrection of the Wheat,” with the prospect of the destructive Civil War looming in the distance. This poem would later be called “This Compost,” and exemplifies Whitman’s classic crisis … Continue reading →

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Highways and Cathedrals

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Anna Kate Lister

During our not-so-recent discussion of Juliana Spahr, there was some mention of the spoils of the future and those technological advances which seem only to set us back.  Spahr addresses senseless wars, cell phone conversations about loneliness, celebrity worship, our … Continue reading →

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Expanding Whitman’s Influence

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Lindsey Stewart

We had a truly great class this semester, in which we expounded upon and investigated in depth just how far-reaching Walt Whitman’s influential scope extends.  Essentially, we can thank the American Bard for the magnum opuses of a large number of the … Continue reading →

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Better Than The Movies: Whitman and O’Hara Both Wrote Poems, And Other Similarities

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Jared S.

This is the first bit of my paper, as it stands. Much work is to be done, yet (including adding the citation for the Eberly article). But I thought it might be worthwhile to post these first few paragraphs. Five … Continue reading →

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The Broken Body Politic

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Dana Allen

My paper topic has proved quite perplexing. While relating Whitman and Ginsberg in class didn’t seem so hard, there is surprisingly little literary criticism is done comparing the two men. Whitman’s legacy is complex and multifaceted to say the least; … Continue reading →

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Oppen and Whitman

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Peter Galle

Henry David Thoreau, in a letter to Harrison Blake, discusses the latest edition of Leaves of Grass and reveals after a mostly congratulatory review: “To be sure I sometimes feel a little imposed on” (Walt Whitman, P. 156). Thoreau expands … Continue reading →

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Whitman and Lorca Paper Proposal

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Edward Burroughs

I know this is pretty specific but I feel that I can write the full paper on just relating Federico Garcia Lorca to Whitman. I plan to broadly focus on the poetic relationship with nature that both these figures profoundly … Continue reading →

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The repetition of Cunningham and Whitman

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Lani Huft

Michael Cunningham emphasizes television’s compulsion to repeat.  Walt Whitman emphasizes his own compulsion to repeat. Whitman’s listing, or cataloging, and use of repetition draw the reader in to try and discover the true meaning behind his words. Cunningham’s angle may … Continue reading →

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