2 – From Democratic Politics to Democratic Poetics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 – Walt Whitman’s Life and Works 15
6. 2 – From Democratic Politics to Democratic Poetics 27
7. 3 – Democracy and Nationalism Intertwined 45
8. 4 – A Persian Translation of Whitman 61
9. 5 – Critical Reception of Whitman 89
10. 6 – Creative Reception of Whitman 101
11. 7 – Political Reception of Whitman 115
12. 8 – A Persian Translation of Whitman’s Image 131
13. 9 – A Post-2009 Reception of Whitman 149
14. Conclusion 163
15. Chronology 173
16. Notes 179
17. Bibliography 219
18. Index 237
19. Iranian Studies Series 241