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A Very Basic Conclusion (For Now)
While my conclusion is not as simple as deciding whether Walt Whitman was or was not queer, it hopefully addresses whether there is overt...
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I LOVE HIM, THOUGH I DO NOT KNOW HIM"
- Song of Myself, 15
"I Love Him, Though I Do Not Know Him," functions as a Digital Humanities project to analyze the American poet Walt Whitman's identity as a queer man through the lens of Song of Myself. Through extensive research and literary analysis, this academic hopes to help readers see Whitman's work in a new light and rethink how his work fits into historical and contemporary queer theory.
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Song of Myself, 28
"Is this then a touch? quivering me to a new identity, Flames and ether making a rush for my veins, Treacherous tip of me reaching and...
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Song of Myself, 24
"Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the son, Turbulent, fleshy, sensual, eating, drinking and breeding, No sentimentalist, no stander...
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Song of Myself, 22
"You sea! I resign myself to you also—I guess what you mean, I behold from the beach your crooked inviting fingers, I believe you refuse...
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Song of Myself, 12
"The butcher-boy puts off his killing-clothes, or sharpens his knife at the stall in the market, I loiter enjoying his repartee and his...
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Song of Myself, 11
"Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore, Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly; Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all so...
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Why the Deathbed Edition?
For my analysis of Whitman's "Song of Myself" under a queer lens, I have used what is referred to as the deathbed edition. Published...
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Scholarship of a LGBTQ+ Whitman
In recent academia, scholars have taken the time to reevaluate popular historical figures who may now be considered a part of the LGBTQ+...
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The Life of Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1918 in West Hills, New York, very close to Long Island. His father, Walter Whitman, Sr. (1785-1855), was...
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This project was created for American Writers I. The assignment aims to teach students about the growing importance of Digital Humanities in the scholarly world as well as how to engage with texts on a deeper level than a classic college essay.
This student chose Walt Whitman not only because of his prolific status as one of America's poet laureates, but also because of his complex personal history as an early American celebrity, a writer, and as possibly a queer man.
Although there is still plenty to learn about his life and his work, the hope of "I Love Him, Though I Do Not Know Him" is to provide other academic's a new lens with which to evaluate Whitman's work.
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