Abstract
Reads Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" in terms of the poem's indebtedness to music, especially Italian Opera, arguing that music plays "not only a structural role, but a symbolic one," and that the "solution ('clew') to the ultimate mystery of being is, for Whitman, an essentially musical solution."
How to Cite:
Mayhan, W. F., (1996) “The Idea of Music in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"”, Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 13(3), 113-128. doi: https://doi.org/10.13008/2153-3695.1468
Rights: Copyright © 1996 William F Mayhan
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