Date of Award
5-1930
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Literatures, Languages, and Cultures
First Advisor
William H. Bucknell
Abstract
Walt Whitman was a rabid radical. Not only in his poetry, but in his love and religion as well the spirit of radicalism prevails.
This foreword is to prepare the reader for the startling, and overwhelming statements and thoughts of Whitman in regard to his radicalism. This thesis is written purely objectively and no personal opinions have entered into the discussion of the radicalistic view of Walt Whitman in his poetry, love, and religion.
How anyone can sa the whole idea of the Church is low, loathsome, horrible, a sort of moral degration, out of touch with the struggles of contemporary humanity, l.eaves no doubt in our mind but what an individual with such reasoning is a radical without question.
Recommended Citation
Fortier, Camille A.H. Jr, "Radicalism in the Poetry of Walt Whitman" (1930). Bachelors’ Theses. 471.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/471