A Companion to Walt Whitman

Donald D. Kummings is a Professor of English at the Parkside Campus of the University of Wisconsin. His books on Whitman include Walt Whitman, 1940-1975: A Reference Guide (1982), Approaches to Teaching Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' (1990) and with J.R. LeMaster Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia (1998). In 1990, his collection of poems, The Open Road Trip was awarded the Posner Poetry Prize by the Council for Wisconsin Writers. In 1997, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named him Wisconsin Professor of the Year.

Notes on Contributors. List of Illustrations. Abbreviations of Standard Whitman Works. Introduction: Donald D. Kummings (University of Wisconsin-Parkside). Part I: The Life. 1 Whitman's Life and Work, 1819-92: Gregory Eiselein (Kansas State University). Part II: The Cultural Context. 2 Journalism: Douglas A. Noverr (Michigan State University). 3 The City: William Pannapacker (Hope College, Michigan). 4 Labor and Laborers: M. Wynn Thomas (University of Wales Swansea). 5 Politics: Gary Wihl (Rice University). 6 Oratory: J. R. LeMaster (Baylor University). 7 Slavery and Race: Martin Klammer (Luther College). 8 Nation and Identity: Eldrid Herrington (University College Dublin). 9 A Theory of Organic Democracy: Stephen John Mack (University of Southern California). 10 Imperialism: Walter Grunzweig (Universitat Dortmund). 11 Sexuality: Maire Mullins (Pepperdine University). 12 Gender: Sherry Ceniza (Texas Tech University). 13 Religion and the Poet-Prophet: David Kuebrich (George Mason University). 14 Science and Pseudoscience: Harold Aspiz (California State University, Long Beach). 15 Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture: Brett Barney (University of Nebraska-Lincoln). 16 Opera and Other Kinds of Music: Kathy Rugoff (University of North Carolina at Wilmington). 17 Nineteenth-century Visual Culture: Ed Folsom (The University of Iowa). 18 Civil War: Luke Mancuso (St. John's University). 19 Nature: M. Jimmie Killingsworth (Texas A&M University). 20 Death and the Afterlife: William J. Scheick (University of Texas at Austin). 21 Twentieth-century Mass Media Appearances: Kenneth M. Price (University of Nebraska- Lincoln) and Andrew Jewell (University of Nebraska-Lincoln). Part III: The Literary Context. 22 Language: Tyler Hoffman (Rutgers University). 23 Style: James Perrin Warren (Washington and Lee University). 24 Literary Contemporaries: Joann P. Krieg (Hofstra University). 25 Publishing History of Leaves: Amanda Gailey (University of Nebraska). 26 The Poet's Reception and Legacy: Andrew C. Higgins (Louisiana Tech University). Part IV: Texts. Works of Poetry. 27 The First (1855) Edition of Leaves of Grass: Edward Whitley (Lehigh University). 28 "Song of Myself": Kerry C. Larson (University of Michigan). 29 "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry": James Dougherty (University of Notre Dame). 30 "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking": Howard Nelson (Cayuga Community College). 31 "Live Oak, with Moss," "Children of Adam," and "Calamus": Steven Olsen-Smith (Boise State University). 32 Civil War Poems in "Drum-Taps" and "Memories of President Lincoln": Ted Genoways (editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review). Prose Works. 33 Democratic Vistas: Robert Leigh Davis (Wittenberg University). 34 Specimen Days: Martin G. Murray (Commodity Futures Trading Commission). 35 The Prose Writings: Selected Secondary Sources: Donald D. Kummings (University of Wisconsin-Parkside). Index