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Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-176) and index
Whitman in Blackface -- Edith Wharton and the Problem of Whitmanian Comradeship -- Transatlantic Homoerotic Whitman -- Xenophobia, Religious Intolerance, and Whitman's Storybook Democracy -- Passing, Fluidity, and American Identities -- Whitman at the Movies
In an analysis of Whitman as a quintessential American icon, Kenneth Price shows how his ubiquity and his extraordinarily malleable identity have contributed to the ongoing process of shaping the character of the United States. Price examines Whitman's own writings as well as those of writers who were influenced by him
