Abstract
Argues that an inadequately investigated feature of Whitman's poetry is the "preacherly performance" his work enacts in an effort to convert the reader into being reborn into "Whitman's image of a new American personality" and thus "redeem the nation."
How to Cite:
Sowder, M., (1999) “Walt Whitman, the Apostle”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 16(3/4), 202-210. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1624
Rights: Copyright © 1999 Michael Sowder
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