Comments on: Adam L for 9/24 http://adaml.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/09/22/adam-l-for-924/ Just another Looking for Whitman weblog Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:26:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 By: lizmoser http://adaml.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/09/22/adam-l-for-924/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:13:10 +0000 http://adaml.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=22#comment-5 Whitman’s anti-capitalist, even communist leanings is an interesting issue to point out. Whitman is truly a man for the common working man, and everyman’s soul is priceless. In fact, each individual is worth more than America’s precious democratic institutions, more than art and history and civilization. The petty concerns of capitalism are dwarfed by his creative potential.

But is it then correct to claim that Whitman is marxist? Does his poetry not go beyond these ideals and institutions?

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