Title American bards : Walt Whitman and other unlikely candidates for national poet / Edward Whitley

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation -- United States Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871. Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887. Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867 Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence SUBJECT Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867 Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887 Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871 Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Appreciation Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867 fast Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey), 1804-1887 fast Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871 fast Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 fast Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 gnd Snow, Eliza Roxcy 1804-1887 gnd Ridge, John Rollin 1827-1867 gnd Whitfield, James Monroe 1822-1871 gnd Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. nta Whitfield, James Monroe, 1822-1871. nta Snow, Eliza Roxey, 1804-1887. nta Ridge, John Rollin, 1827-1867. nta Subject National characteristics, American, in literature. Poets, American -- 19th century 18.06 Anglo-American literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. Art appreciation Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) National characteristics, American, in literature Poets, American Lyrik Nationalcharakter Dichters. Amerikaans. Nationale identiteit. United States USA Form Electronic book ISBN 9780807899427 0807899429 9781469606354 1469606356

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