The Persian Whitman : Beyond a Literary Reception /

Walt Whitman, a world-renowned poet and the father of American free verse, is read by diverse audiences around the world. Literary and cultural scholars have studied Whitman's interaction with and influence in social, political, and literary movements of different countries. Despite his work�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fomeshi, Behnam M. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Leiden [Netherlands] : Leiden University Press [2019]
Series:Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv30hx3x0
Table of Contents:
  • Walt Whitman's life and works
  • From democratic politics to democratic poetics
  • Democracy and nationalism intertwined
  • A Persian translation of Whitman
  • Critical reception of Whitman
  • Creative reception of Whitman
  • Political reception of Whitman
  • A Persian translation of Whitman's image
  • A post-2009 reception of Whitman.