Instructing the Individual in Democracy in Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

Authors

  • Stefan Pajović

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2014.6.15

Keywords:

Walt Whitman, democracy, Leaves of Grass, individual, America, poetry

Abstract

The paper examines the democracy motif in Walt Whitman’s lauded collection of poetry Leaves of Grass. After an introduction which asserts Whitman as a writer of democracy, the paper shifts towards the relationship between the individual and democracy. The poet’s stance is that the individual is the building block of American democracy. Whitman’s own democratic views expressed in his poetry serve as guidance to his fellow countrymen on how to develop their democratic potential to the fullest. The conclusion dwells on the topicality of such a democratic concept since America is in need of it now just as ever.

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Published

2014-11-23

How to Cite

Pajović, S. (2014). Instructing the Individual in Democracy in Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 6(1), 293–302. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2014.6.15

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): BELLS - volume 6

Section

NEW VOICES: LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

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