... with speaking for the nation from the fringes of national culture. It also considers some of the primary features of Whitman's project for American poetry that can also be found in Whitfield, Snow, and Ridge, such as the desire to be the poet of a new American religion, and also examines how Whitfield, Snow...

... worker estate socialist discourse Western socialism historical materialism Marxism Marx Engels Lenin German philosophy national culture An army I have muster’d in my thought, Wherewith already France is overrun. —King Henry VI, part 1, act 1 According to legend, the modern...

...This chapter explores how Confederacy, almost from the moment of its creation, inspired loyalty and commitment from its citizens. More specifically, it considers the ways in which new Confederates created a national culture, primarily by drawing on the usable American past. The chapter begins...