The presence of Walt Whitman : selected papers from the English Institute

Frontmatter FOREWORD (R. W. B. Lewis, page vii) WHITMAN'S AWAKENING TO DEATH: TOWARD A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL READING OF "OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING" (Stephen E. Whicher, page 1) WHITMAN'S CURIOUS WARBLE: REMINISCENCE AND RECONCILIATION (Paul Fussell, Jr., page 28) "OUT OF THE CRADLE" AS A ROMANCE (Richard Chase, page 52) WHITMAN JUSTIFIED: THE POET IN 1860 (Roy Harvey Pearce, page 72) WHITMAN, POUND, AND THE PROSE TRADITION (Samuel Hynes, page 110) WHITMAN AND THOMAS: THE YAWP AND THE GAB (James E. Miller, Jr., page 137) THE DELICACY OF WALT WHITMAN (James A. Wright, page 164) APPENDIX: VERSIONS OF "OUT OF THE CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING" (page 190) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED (page 207) SUPERVISING COMMITTEE, 1961 (page 208) PROGRAM (page 209) REGISTRANTS (page 211) Offers an appraisal of Walt Whitman's poetry and of his place in modern letters. Also tests his different perspectives and reflects on successive phases of his career