What Is the Grass thor Mark Doty and Pulzer Prize wner Jericho Brown discs the gay poet's legacy.
Contents:
- WAS WALT WHMAN 'GAY'?
- WAS WALT WHMAN 'GAY'? NEW TEXTBOOK L SPARK LGBTQ HISTORY BATE
- HOW GAY WAS WALT WHMAN?
- WALT WHMAN, OUR GREAT GAY POET?
- BUT WERE THEY GAY? THE MYSTERY OF SAME-SEX LOVE THE 19TH CENTURY
WAS WALT WHMAN 'GAY'?
But for the award-wng gay poet Doty, textual analysis of the great Amerin bard required a personal analysis, which necsated this kd of spirual ntact.
WAS WALT WHMAN 'GAY'? NEW TEXTBOOK L SPARK LGBTQ HISTORY BATE
"Labels like gay, queer, or bisexual were nonexistent Whman's era. Throughout Whman's wrgs there are nsistent referenc to his homosexualy.
Ined, Whman's poetry do appear to dite that Whman was a homosexual, and is evint om his notebooks, his letters, and the patterns of his personal relatnships as well.
HOW GAY WAS WALT WHMAN?
Author Max Eastman has argued that Walt Whman was clearly a homosexual, and that at certa moments of his life, he was even strongly love wh himself. He nounced Hollaway's attempt to "homosexualize" Whman.
WALT WHMAN, OUR GREAT GAY POET?
This was bee the reviewer had refed to discs Whman's homosexualy.
BUT WERE THEY GAY? THE MYSTERY OF SAME-SEX LOVE THE 19TH CENTURY
To a large extent, this exchange dited, and of self, that there was an issue nnected to Whman's homosexualy.
Acrdg to Eastman, Whman's homosexualy was directly related to his greatt strength. " Hollaway, other words, knew that Whman was gay, but he saw as a failure and refed to raise the issue.
Th, what is illumatg is that this cricism of a cric brought out Whman's homosexualy to the open. Hollaway, for stance, refed to even accept the homosexualy of Whman that he refed to discs .