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The Erotic Whitman
by Vivian R. Pollak
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0520221907
- ISBN 13
- 9780520221901
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000 U of Calif Press, Berkeley. 2000. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Pictorial wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split. 261 pp. The author skillfully explores the intimate relationships that contributed to Walt Whitman's imagination of masculinity in crisis. The author shows how in spite of his personal ambivalence about sustained erotic intimacy, Whitman came to imagine himself as " the phallic choice of America". A clean and pristine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001818
- Title
- The Erotic Whitman
- Author
- Vivian R. Pollak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0520221907
- ISBN 13
- 9780520221901
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- WALT WHITMAN, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, AMERICAN SEXUAL IDEOLOGY, HOMOSEXUALITY, HOMOPHOBIA, HETEROSEXUAL MORES,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; LGBT Issues;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....