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BL
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962257
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b716627
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| Main Entry
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Lawson, Andrew,1959 July 4-
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| Title & Author
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Walt Whitman the class struggle /\ Andrew Lawson.
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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The Iowa Whitman series
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1 online resource (xxiv, 157 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1587296705
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: 9781587296703
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0877459738
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9780877459736
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the Whitman myth -- 1. Sex, class, and commerce -- 2. The American 1848 -- 3. The class struggle in language -- Postscript : material resistance.
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| Abstract
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By reconsidering Whitman not as the proletarian voice of American diversity but as a historically specific poet with roots in the antebellum lower middle class, Andrew Lawson in Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle defines the tensions and ambiguities about culture, class, and politics that underlie his poetry. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources from across the range of antebellum print culture, Lawson uses close readings of Leaves of Grass to reveal Whitman as an artisan and an autodidact ambivalently balanced between his sense of the injustice of class privilege and his desire for distinc.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Political and social views.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Pensée politique et sociale.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Social classes in literature.
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Social conflict in literature.
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Classes sociales dans la littérature.
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Littérature et société-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Lutte des classes dans la littérature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Poetry.
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Literature and society.
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Political and social views.
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Social classes in literature.
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Social conflict in literature.
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Klassenstrijd.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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811.3
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| LC Classification
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PS3242.S58L39 2006eb
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| NLM classification
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18.06bcl
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18.06.bcl
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| Parallel Title
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Walt Whtiman and the class struggle
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