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- Title
Myself: Walt Whitman's Political, Theological Creature.
- Authors
Marovich, Beatrice
- Abstract
Examining Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself" (from his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass), this article expounds upon the subject formation contained within it: the self This self developed through a variant of creation myth, is inflected with both political and theological agendas. The complex democratic negotiation of these poles places Whitman's poem in the realm of political theology. The first half of the essay traces the theological inflections in the poem: the impact, in other words, of the name of God on the formation, development, or thriving of the self It also sketches the contours of Whitman's political context and lays bare some of his political agendas. The latter half of the essay speculates on some potential consequences of the development of this self and raises the question: How deeply is it already embedded in American democratic subjectivity?
- Subjects
ESSAYS; POLITICAL theology; DOCTRINAL theology; RELIGION &; politics; SONG of Myself (Poem : Whitman); WHITMAN, Walt, 1819-1892
- Publication
Anglican Theological Review, 2010, Vol 92, Issue 2, p347
- ISSN
0003-3286
- Publication type
Essay