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Womanly Whitman: December 2009
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009. 8220;The reality, the simplicity, the transparency of my dear mother’s life was responsible for the main things in Leaves of Grass itself. How much I owe Her! Leaves of Grass is the flower of her temperament active in me.". Walt Whitman in an interview with Horace Traubel. 1 Critically analyze primary source documents to interpret and evaluate their significance in correlation with Walt Whitman. 4 Relate Walt Whitman’s biographical life to his written works. Arthur Wrobel, &#...
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Womanly Whitman: Prompt 3: Analysis of Letters
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Sunday, December 6, 2009. Prompt 3: Analysis of Letters. 3: Choose two letters sent from Whitman to his mother and two letters sent from his mother to Walt Whitman then do a close reading of each letter. Make sure you describe the relationship between Whitman and his mother as depicted in the tone, language, purpose and overall content. How do these letters differ from Whitman’s letters to Charles W. Eldridge? First letter: Louisa to Walt Whitman page 192 in Faint Clews and Indirections. Goes away to nig...
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Womanly Whitman: Syllabus
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009. 8220;The reality, the simplicity, the transparency of my dear mother’s life was responsible for the main things in Leaves of Grass itself. How much I owe Her! Leaves of Grass is the flower of her temperament active in me.". Walt Whitman in an interview with Horace Traubel. 1 Critically analyze primary source documents to interpret and evaluate their significance in correlation with Walt Whitman. 4 Relate Walt Whitman’s biographical life to his written works. Arthur Wrobel, &#...
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Womanly Whitman: Prompt 2: A Woman’s Power
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Sunday, December 6, 2009. Prompt 2: A Woman’s Power. 2 Reflect on Whitman’s quote, “The Best Part of every man is his mother” found in Philip Callow’s book. To what degree does Whitman uphold this statement and give power to women for their sexual, childbearing, and childrearing abilities in his poems “A Woman Waits for me” “Mother and Babe” and “Unfolded Out of the Folds” (515). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Letters (Click on Picture). Sherry, Ceniza. "Whitman, Louisa Van Velsor [1795-1873]".
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Womanly Whitman: Prompt 4: Walt Whitman and His Mother’s Death
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Sunday, December 6, 2009. Prompt 4: Walt Whitman and His Mother’s Death. In Joann P. Krieg’s A Whitman Chronology. 8217;s death was due to an assassination and therefore sudden. Meanwhile, Whitman witnessed soldiers dying all of the time during his years in Virginia, and therefore a soldier’s death would have been expected and common. On the other hand, Whitman’s lament to his mother is written in a more personalized tone than the poem about. The sharp contrast between Whitman’s personal connection...
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Womanly Whitman: Prompt 1: The Role of Women
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Sunday, December 6, 2009. Prompt 1: The Role of Women. In today’s readings, “Female Nurses For Soldiers” (778) from Specimen Day, “Democratic Vistas”, and “Beautiful Women” (413) how does Whitman portray appropriate roles for women in society? How does this portrayal of women attempt to reconstruct the actual role of women in the mid-to-late nineteenth century? The Ladies’ Pearl. And Godey’s Ladies. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Letters (Click on Picture). Louisa Van Velsor's grave.