Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman s earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 185556, the first edition (1855) of "Leaves of Grass, "and the "Calamus "poems, Byrne R. S. Fone demonstrates that from the beginning and throughout, Whitman s homoerotic muse, his "Fierce Wrestler," dictated the shape, tone, and message of the poetry.
Fone shows how Whitman s presumed homosexuality is reflected in the work. He identifies the definitive signs, symbols, metaphors, and" "structures unique to homosexual texts as he examines the ways in which the social, emotional, spiritual,...
Scrutinizing the weave and texture of Walt Whitman s earliest poetry and fiction, the notebooks of 185556, the first edition (1855) of "Leaves of G...
