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- Title
The Language of Drug Use in Whitman's "Calamus" Poems.
- Authors
Auclair, Tracy
- Abstract
An essay is presented which analyzes the representation of drugged consciousness in the "Calmus" poems by Walt Whitman. According to the author, the poetic speaker's psychological response to the calmus root is similar to the hashish intoxication described by author Fitz Hugh Ludlow in "The Hasheesh Eater." In addition, he states that Whitman uses the rhetoric of drugged consciousness as a means to reconfigure the author-audience relationship.
- Subjects
DRUGS of abuse; WHITMAN, Walt, 1819-1892; LUDLOW, Fitz Hugh, 1836-1870; CALAMUS (Gay symbol); AUTHOR-reader relationships; HASHISH; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Papers on Language & Literature, 2004, Vol 40, Issue 3, p227
- ISSN
0031-1294
- Publication type
Essay