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Representing the Kosmos: The "Lyric Turn" in Whitman

Author: Onno Oerlemans

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    Representing the Kosmos: The "Lyric Turn" in Whitman

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Abstract

Explores "the changing status of the major modes" of literature--here narrative and lyric--in the context of Whitman's oeuvre, focusing especially on "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" and "As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life" and defending the lyric against contemporary, pro-narrative arguments that see lyric modes as solipsistic; argues that "lyric reminds us where freedom may be found and why it matters."

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Oerlemans, O., (1995) “Representing the Kosmos: The "Lyric Turn" in Whitman”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 12(3), 150-169. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1448

Rights: Copyright © 1995 Onno Oerlemans

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01 Jan 1995
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