| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
James M. Whitfield: the poet of slaves -- Eliza R. Snow: poet of a new American religion -- John Rollin Ridge (Yellow Bird): the first white aboriginal -- Walt Whitman: an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos. |
| Summary |
While American literary history has tended to credit Whitman with having invented the persona of the national outsider as the national bard, Edward Whitley recovers three of Whitman's contemporaries who adopted similar personae: James M. Whitfield, an African American separatist and abolitionist; Eliza R. Snow, a Mormon pioneer and women's leader; and John Rollin Ridge, a Cherokee journalist and Native-rights advocate. These poets not only provide a counterpoint to the Whitmanian persona of the outsider bard, but they also reframe the criteria by which generations of scholars have characterize. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. |
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United States. |
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Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871.
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Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871. |
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Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887.
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Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887. |
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Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867.
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Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867. |
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence.
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Poets, American -- 19th century.
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Poets, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whitley, Edward Keyes. American bards. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807834213 (DLC) 2010010142 (OCoLC)564132784 |
| ISBN |
9780807899427 (electronic book) |
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0807899429 (electronic book) |
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9781469606354 (electronic book) |
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1469606356 (electronic book) |
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9780807834213 |
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0807834211 |
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