Walt Whitman and the Epic Tradition: Political and Poetical Voices in "Song of Myself"

Bill Hardwig

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1588

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Walt Whitman and the Epic Tradition: Political and Poetical Voices in "Song of Myself"

Abstract

Reads the 1855 version of "Song of Myself" in relation to "Whitman's manipulation" of the Virgilian "epic voice," arguing that Whitman both imitates and overturns epic conventions--"destabilizes

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How to Cite: Hardwig, B. (2000) “Walt Whitman and the Epic Tradition: Political and Poetical Voices in "Song of Myself"”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 17(4). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1588