A poet who was ardently singing on life and himself, Walt Whitman is today claimed as one of the few truly great American men of letters. This book consists of seven articles highlighting Whitman’s life events and literary genius in comprehensive and critical way. The topics include-Walt Whitman: an Overview; Ego Psychology and the Interpretation of Walt Whitman’s with Moss"; The Mediating "Whitman": Edith Wharton, Morton Fullerton and the Problem of Comradeship; Whitman as Furtive Mother: The Supplementary Jouissance of the "Ambushed womb" in “Song of Myself"; "Sepctacular Antispectacle": Ecstasy and Nationality in Whitman and His Heirs; Walt Whitman’s Presence in Maxine Hong Kingston’s ‘Tripmaster Monkey’: His Fake Book; etc. An ideal reference book for one and all.
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