Written when Walt Whitman was in his early fifties, Democratic Vistas demonstrates the author’s discouragement at what he saw in America. ... The sobering effects of the Civil War, the death of Abraham Lincoln, and the overwhelming change resulting from the industrial ... Home > Democratic Vistas Summary & Study Guide...
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Title: Democratic Vistas [1871]; Author: Wrobel, Arthur; Print source: J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings, eds., Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998), reproduced by permission. ... The text of Democratic Vistas, which Whitman variously described as "memoranda" and "speculations," some of...
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An original thinker on the other side of the Atlantic, the magnanimous Walt Whitman, has lately been looking through democratic vistas. ... Having mastered the lessons of the past as much as any man, and scanned the present with a remarkably keen eye, he has turned his mental telescope on the future and sees visions there...
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Given its temporal centrality in American history it is surprising that Walt Whitman's 1871 prose work Democratic Vistas has not received greater attention from students of American political thought. ... While Democratic Vistas certainly has a lesser claim to historical importance than these three works, its proximity to...
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"Did you too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name?" asked Walt Whitman in his essay "Democratic Vistas." Writing in the aftermath of the Civil War, the great poet hoped that democracy might become more than just the balance of ballots cast, that it might find its...
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Democratic Vistas and Other Papers (Paperback) ... Product Summary ... Walt Whitman (1819-1892) contributed to the greatest prose of American letters with Democratic Vistas, now considered a classic discussion of the theory of democracy and its possibilities.
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Walt Whitman was born on Long Island, one of nine children born to a carpenter father and an illiterate Quaker mother. The family moved to Brooklyn when Walt was small, and he grew up there. ... Two Rivulets: Including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs and Passage to India (1876) (Paperback) ... Product Summary...
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This book offers a different way of thinking about post-secondary curriculum by considering how institutional curricula can act as a critical agent for preparing students to participate in the democratic public sphere.
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If I could have a summary as to what Whitman was saying in Democratic Vistas.... ... Re: Democratic Vistas Todd Frankenhoff 08:30:11 9/22/100 (0) ... Re: Democratic Vistas Eric Hamilton 11:22:42 3/10/100 (0)
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