"Do I Contradict Myself?": Progression through Contraries in Walt Whitman's "The Sleepers"

Carol Zapata Whelan

doi:10.13008/2153-3695.1351

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"Do I Contradict Myself?": Progression through Contraries in Walt Whitman's "The Sleepers"

Abstract

Employs Julia Kristeva's theories to read Whitman's "The Sleepers" as a progression through dichotomies which justifies the "life affirming" final two sections that other critics have regarded as "contrived."

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How to Cite: Whelan, C. Z. (1992) “"Do I Contradict Myself?": Progression through Contraries in Walt Whitman's "The Sleepers"”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review. 10(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1351