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“To find me now will cost you everything.”
Channeling Anarchy through Whitman Specimen 1: The Ghost of Whitman In his 1980s poem, “Whitman“, Larry Levis sings the displaced Whitman. By the 80′s The State had taken Whitman and made him “required reading in high schools” only for inhibited … Continue reading
Plight of the Workingman
The general consensus on Whitman is that he first appeared in Canonical literature as a voice for the workingman. The era in which Leaves of Grass first appeared (1855-1860) were crucial years in the Industrial Revolution in England. To be … Continue reading
