Walt Whitman, Literary Culture, and the Discourse of Distinction

Christopher Beach

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1436

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Walt Whitman, Literary Culture, and the Discourse of Distinction

Abstract

Explores the various and often contradictory views Whitman expressed over time about literary culture, heritage, genres, and canonicity; following Pierre Bourdieu, describes the "discourse of distinction" by which Whitman negotiates the "double logic" of desiring "distinction from the culturally distinguished literary modes

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How to Cite: Beach, C. (1994) “Walt Whitman, Literary Culture, and the Discourse of Distinction”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 12(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1436