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Death and Democracy
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Mark Edmundson
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- A Note on Citations ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Song of Ourselves
- I Celebrate Myself 15
- Undisguised and Naked 19
- The Marriage of Self and Soul 24
- The Grass 28
- All In 34
- A Vision of Democracy 38
- These States 44
- Songs of Triumph 47
- Poet of the Body 51
- The Sun 53
- The Generative God 61
- The Animals 66
- Walt Becomes Other 69
- A Massacre 72
- A Sea Fight 76
- American Jesus 79
- Democratic Götterdämmerung 84
- Walt and the Priests 88
- Walt’s God 91
- Walt and the Reader 94
- Death and Democracy 99
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Part II: In the Hospitals
- Publication 107
- In Washington 114
- Letters Home 117
- Tom Sawyer 127
- The Vision Completed 133
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Part III: Song of Myself (1855)
- Song of Myself 141
- Bibliography 207
- Acknowledgments 211
- Index 213
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- A Note on Citations ix
- Preface xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Song of Ourselves
- I Celebrate Myself 15
- Undisguised and Naked 19
- The Marriage of Self and Soul 24
- The Grass 28
- All In 34
- A Vision of Democracy 38
- These States 44
- Songs of Triumph 47
- Poet of the Body 51
- The Sun 53
- The Generative God 61
- The Animals 66
- Walt Becomes Other 69
- A Massacre 72
- A Sea Fight 76
- American Jesus 79
- Democratic Götterdämmerung 84
- Walt and the Priests 88
- Walt’s God 91
- Walt and the Reader 94
- Death and Democracy 99
-
Part II: In the Hospitals
- Publication 107
- In Washington 114
- Letters Home 117
- Tom Sawyer 127
- The Vision Completed 133
-
Part III: Song of Myself (1855)
- Song of Myself 141
- Bibliography 207
- Acknowledgments 211
- Index 213