Abstract
Defends "Passage to India" against previous critics by offering a reading emphasizing Whitman's own identification with Columbus and his underlying goal in the poem to express "the essential ultimate me": a vision of the poet as threefold reconciler "between Western and Eastern halves of humankind, between humankind and Nature, and between humankind and God."
How to Cite:
Doudna, M. K., (1984) ““The Essential Ultimate Me”: Whitman’s Achievement in “Passage to India””, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 2(3), 1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1077
Rights: Copyright © 1984 Martin K Doudna
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