Whitman and his Multitudes
So, in class tonight I was thinking about how many ways we’ve described Whitman. I thought it would be kind of cool to have a running list of the different names/personas we give to Whitman. I’m jotting down a few here, but since I don’t really have time to go back through all the blogs to catalog what we’ve called him I thought everyone could just comment as they came up with or remembered names they’d given him. Let me know if you guys think this would be worthwhile or not.
Some of the names I could remember:
Whitman-as-poet, Whitman-as-man, Whitman-as-prophet, Whitman-as-creeper, Whitman-as-lover, womanly Whitman, gay Whitman
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Good idea, Brendon!
A few that I recall are:
Whitman-as-Christ / savior, earthy Whitman, Nurse Whitman, worldly Whitman
These are just off the top of my head…if I think of more I’ll come back to this post.
chelseanewnam said this on September 30th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Whitman as journalist, editor, printer, & book-maker also come to mind.
Brady Earnhart said this on October 2nd, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Civil-war Whitman.
admin said this on October 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Whitman as Santa Claus and Whitman the optimist (thanks to Calder) & Whitman as father
chelseanewnam said this on October 18th, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Whitman-as-disciple, tender Whitman
Mara Scanlon said this on October 27th, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Whitman the mourner
bcbottle said this on October 27th, 2009 at 7:34 PM
From Ben’s 11/3 post:
soldier-eyed Walt, ‘we swear that he is homosocial’ Walt,
Uncle Walt, Whitman the storyteller
Mara Scanlon said this on November 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Papa Walt.
abcwhitman said this on November 10th, 2009 at 6:09 PM