Skip to content
Home/ Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies
Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies

Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies

No customer reviews yet ISBN 9780195093506 Oxford University Press

Breaking Bounds: Whitman and American Cultural Studies reinvigorates the study of Whitman and American culture by presenting essays that demonstrate Whitman's centrality to the widest range of social, political, literary, sexual, and cultural discourses of his time and ours. The volume assembles a distinguished group of cultural critics working in the fields of literature, American studies, Latin American studies, European studies, art history, and gay/lesbian/queer studies. Together they open new vistas in the ways we see Whitman and provide a model for the newest and brightest intellectual efforts associated with cultural studies. Central to the volume is breaking the bounds of decorum that have too long separated Whitman's sexuality from his politics, and his poetry from both. The Whitman that emerges from these collected essays is renewed for a new generation of readers seeking to define the places and the functions of his poetic words in the world. Breaking Bounds points to the interdisciplinary future of American literary and cultural studies and is essential reading for anyone interested in Whitman both inside and outside the academy.

About the author

Product details

BrandOxford University Press
Pub dateFeb 15, 1996
ISBN-10019509350X
ISBN-139780195093506
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9.19 × 0.76 × 6.12 in
Weight1 lb
Last updated 2026-07-25 23:10
$95.01
In stock — ships in 24 hours with free tracking
Delivery by Monday, September 14, 2026
Qty
Sign in to Add to Saved list
Free delivery on orders over $35.
15-day returns. Any reason.
Secure checkout. We never store card details.

Readers who bought this also bought

More from Poetry
See all
Coleridge: Darker Reflections (UK)
Holmes, Richard
$16.56
Lesson of the Master
Giovanni, Norman Thomas Di
$9.31
Nature Poems
Alma, Deborah
$11.39
Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. V: Later Essays
Yeats, William Butler
$48.01
Novels for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context and Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels
<p>Each volume of <em>Novels for Students</em> contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this references content. <p>Each volume (beginning with volume 32) will include two Literature to Film entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays/novels not only diversify the study of plays/novels but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well. <p>Here are some of the novels they will find - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie&#x3b; My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok&#x3b; The Shipping News by Louise Erdrich&#x3b; Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni&#x3b; and Unvanquished by William Faulkner.<p>You may also be interested in <em>For Students Online</em> - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format.Call your Sales Rep for details.PIM31-MAY-1801
$265.12
Novels for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context and Criticism on Commonly Studied Novels
<p>Each volume of <em>Novels for Students</em> contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each novel included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of students and ensure the age-appropriateness of this references content. <p>Each volume (beginning with volume 32) will include two Literature to Film entries. Entries profiling film versions of plays/novels not only diversify the study of plays/novels but support alternate learning styles, media literacy, and film studies curricula as well. <p>Here are some of the novels they will find - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie&#x3b; My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok&#x3b; The Shipping News by Louise Erdrich&#x3b; Sister of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni&#x3b; and Unvanquished by William Faulkner.<p>You may also be interested in <em>For Students Online</em> - the complete For Students Collection in eBook format.Call your Sales Rep for details.PIM31-MAY-1801
$326.97