Betsy Erkkila. The Whitman Revolution: Sex, Poetry, and Politics.

Review of Betsy Erkkila. The Whitman Revolution: Sex, Poetry, and Politics

Whitman\u27s Achievements in the Personal Style in Calamus

Responds to previous critics who have repeatedly emphasized the deeply personal nature of Whitman\u27s Calamus poems by arguing that Whitman achieved this personal quality by working with a considerable degree of artistic detachment and that it is . . . this very same detachment, operating perhaps at a more instinctive level, that enabled Whitman to produce a poetry that is most profoundly and convincingly confessional by virtue of its implicit admissions and explicit investigations of \u27the difficulties of the confessional poet.\u2

Weathering the Storm: Whitman and the Civil War

Uses a variety of sources including Memoranda During the War, Specimen Days, and Drum-Taps to examine Whitman\u27s responses to the weather during the Civil War, investigating how weather worked as a trope for Whitman and how weather carried meaning differently during the time of the Civil War than it does presently

“A Singing Walt from the Mower”: Dylan Thomas and the “Whitmanian [Re]turn” in the Post-War Poetic Culture of the States

This essay explores the remarkable impact of Dylan Thomas\u27s readings on the poetic culture of the post-war USA. It argues that this contributed to the "Whitmanian turn" taken by that culture from that point onwards

"Whitman, the great poet, has meant so much to me": Lawrence\u27s Studies in Classic American Literature, 1919-1923

Reviews D. H. Lawrence\u27s Studies in Classic American Literature, edited by Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey, and John Worthen (2003), and examines Lawrence\u27s changing views on Whitman as expressed in the various versions of his essay on Whitman

Agricultural Innovation Systems: An Investment Sourcebook

The World Bank assembled this reference guide to explain the contributing aspects and limitations of the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS). The guide is divided into seven modules to better address topics through detailed overviews, recommended approaches and programs, and successful activities for each. The first module stresses the importance of a collaborative effort in a successful AIS structure, specifically, national coordination and governance, building innovation networks, increasing access to marketing chains, and building innovation capabilities in farmer organizations. Module 2 delves into the role of agricultural education and training as “a creator of capacity and supplier of the human resources that populate key segments of the AIS and enable that system to function more effectively” (Maguire, 2012, p. 107)