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965423
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b719793
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Mack, Stephen John,1952-
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The pragmatic Whitman : : reimagining American democracy /\ Stephen John Mack.
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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City :: University of Iowa Press,, ©2002.
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| Series Statement
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Iowa Whitman series
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1 online resource (xxii, 182 pages)
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| ISBN
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1587294249
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: 9781587294242
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0877458227
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9780877458227
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
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| Contents
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Part I The metaphysics of democracy: Leaves of Grass, 1855-1856 -- "My voice goes aftr what my eyes can't reach : pragmatic language and the making of a democratic mythology -- "What is less or more than a touch?": sensory experience and the democratic self -- "The simple, cmpact well-join'd scheme": Whitman's democratic cosmos -- "Not chaos or death ... it is form and union and plan": Laissez-faire and the problem of agency -- Part II Crises and Revisions: "Sea-drift," "Calamus," Drum-taps, and sequel to drum-taps, 1859-1867 -- "The most perfect pilot": the problem of desire and the struggle for poetric agency -- "To learn from the crises of anguish": tragedy, history and the meaning of democratic mourning -- Part III Prophet of democracy: democratic vistas, 1871-- "the divine literature comes": religion and poetry in the cultication of democratic selfhood -- conclusion: toward an organic democracy.
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In this surprisingly timely book, Stephen Mack examines Whitman's particular and fascinating brand of patriotism: his far-reaching vision of democracy. For Whitman, loyalty to America was loyalty to democracy. Since the idea that democracy is not just a political process but a social and cultural process as well is associated with American pragmatism, Mack relies on the pragmatic tradition of Emerson, James, Dewey, Mead, and Rorty to demonstrate the ways in which Whitman resides in this tradition. Mack analyzes Whitman's democratic vision both in its parts and as a whole; he also describ.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Knowledge-- United States.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Political and social views.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Et les États-Unis.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892-- Pensée politique et sociale.
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Whitman, Walt,1819-1892.
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Democracy in literature.
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Patriotic poetry, American-- History and criticism.
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Political poetry, American-- History and criticism.
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Démocratie dans la littérature.
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États-Unis dans la littérature.
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Poésie patriotique américaine-- Histoire et critique.
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Poésie politique américaine-- Histoire et critique.
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Democracy in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Poetry.
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Literature.
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Patriotic poetry, American.
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Political and social views.
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Political poetry, American.
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United States, In literature.
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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.P64M33 2002eb
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