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Walt Whitman and the Epic Impulse
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Walt Whitman, the exponent of American democracy
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Walt Whitman as a Precursor of Frederick Jackson Turner
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Walt Whitman's Poetry: A Record of Crises in Identity
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Performing Union: Walt Whitman, Participatory Democracy, and Antebellum Performance Culture
… dissertation examines the antebellum editions of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (those published in 1855, 1856, and 1860) within the context of his indebtedness to antebellum performance culture, particularly as represented in the streets, in the theatres, and in the public halls that housed …
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Walt Whitman, Kosmos : A Study of the Persona of "Song of Myself"
Although the persona of "Song of Myself" has been the subject of a great deal of critical scholarship, there is general disagreement among the critics regarding the "I" of Whitman's poem. Four major strands of critical thought regarding the persona are evident in the literary criticism, and I have …
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CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING IN GIANT CANE (ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA (WALT.) MUHL.) RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEMS
Large stands of Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl., called canebrakes, were vital to wildlife and lowland ecosystem functions and historically covered millions of acres in the southeastern United States. Since European settlement, human disturbance (i.e, clearing for agriculture and fire …
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The Edutainer: Walt Disney, Nature Films, and American Understandings of Nature in the Twentieth Century
Throughout much of the twentieth century Walt Disney wielded considerable influence in American culture. By identifying and commercially exploiting a strain of environmental thought that sentimentalized and romanticized nature, Walt Disney influenced the attitudes of millions of Americans …
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Hakuna Matata! Do Gender Roles Really Matter?: a Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Walt Disney Cartoons
This thesis examines the gender roles present in Walt Disney cartoons using a feminist rhetorical perspective. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King are analyzed to determine the relative amount of power that women have vis-a-vis men. The thesis also examines …
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William Blake's American legacy: transcendentalism and visionary poetics in Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman
… of Emerson's reading of Blake. According to Walter Harding, Emerson owned a copy of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. This was given to him by Elizabeth Peabody in 1842, is inscribed 'R.W. Emerson from his friend E.P.P.', and has notes throughout in Emerson's hand. Indeed, a diary …
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In reality meager: eluding death anxiety in Walt Whitman and Federico Garcia Lorca's poetics of the body
… earlier work that point toward the influence of Walt Whitman: radical line lengths, exclamatory prose, and lengthy catalogues. This study proposes that the influence of Whitman upon Lorca is more than cosmetic or strictly imitative. Using the writings of the American anthropologist Ernest Becker …
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Walt Whitman's changing perceptions of the effects of the American Civil War and its impact on his poetry
This paper seeks to examine the way that Walt Whitman’s perceptions about the American Civil War changed in Drum-Taps, his book of poems written about the war. The book attempts to capture the emotions of the Northern public throughout the war, without discussing any easily recognizable event of …
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An Approach to the Critical Evaluation of Settings of the Poetry of Walt Whitman: Lowell Liebermann's Symphony No. 2
Walt Whitman's poetry continues to inspire composers of choral music, and the growing collection of musical settings necessitates development of a standard evaluative tool. Critical evaluation of the musical settings of Whitman's work is difficult because the extensive body of verse is complex and …
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Philosophies, Themes and Symbols in the Poetry of Walt Whitman and Han Yong-Un (Religion, Patriotism, Democracy, Freedom, Independence)
… may be traced in the poetry of the American Walt Whitman (1819-92) and the Korean Han Yong-Un (1879-1944). Even though no evidence of direct influence of Whitman on Han may be ascertained, there are numerous parallelisms in ideas, attitudes and visions in Whitman's Leaves of Grass and Han's …
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Hoppin' Down the Bunny Trail: Behind the Banishment of Walt Disney's Song of the South in search of Uncle Remus
… an informative discussion on the history behind Walt Disney's film, Song of the South, based on the Uncle Remus tales originally written by Joel Chandler Harris, which will be addressed in Chapter One. Chapter Two elaborates on the methods within the vehicles of two distinct media versions in two …
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