WWQR > Vol. 17 (1999) > No. 4
Article Title
Walt Whitman and the Epic Tradition: Political and Poetical Voices in "Song of Myself"
Abstract
Reads the 1855 version of "Song of Myself" in relation to "Whitman's manipulation" of the Virgilian "epic voice," arguing that Whitman both imitates and overturns epic conventions--"destabilizes
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Recommended Citation
Hardwig, Bill. "Walt Whitman and the Epic Tradition: Political and Poetical Voices in "Song of Myself"." Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 17 (Spring 2000), 166-188.
Available at: http://ir.uiowa.edu/wwqr/vol17/iss4/3
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