Ceniza provides a dramatic rereading of Walt Whitman's poetry through the lens of 19th-century feminist culture. Walt Whitman and 19th-Century Women Reformers documents Whitman's friendships with women during the 1850s, the decade of Whitman's most...
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Ceniza provides a dramatic rereading of Walt Whitman's poetry through the lens of 19th-century feminist culture. Walt Whitman and 19th-Century Women Reformers documents Whitman's friendships with women during the 1850s, the decade of Whitman's most creative period. The book reveals startling connections between the Þrst three editions of Leaves of Grass and the texts generated by the women he knew during this period, many of whom were radical activists in the women's rights movement.Sherry Ceniza argues that Whitman's editions of Leaves became progressively more radically 'feminist' as he foll
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Louisa Van Velsor Whitman; 2. Abby Hills Price; 3. Paulina Wright Davis; 4. Ernestine L. Rose; 5. Responses of Some 19th-Century Women to the 1860 Leaves of Grass; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
