The Whitman that emerges from these collected essays is renewed for a new generation of readers seeking to define the places and the functions of his poetic words in the world. (Poetry)
He is also series editor of Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. ... on Oscar Wilde, including the chapter on performance in Frederick S. Roden, ed., Palgrave Advances in Oscar Wilde Studies (Palgrave Macmillan, ...
Haralson places emphasis on American masculinity as portrayed in fiction between 1875 and 1935, but the book also treats events in England, such as the Oscar Wilde trials, that had a major effect on American literature.
Central to the volume is breaking the bounds of decorum that have too long separated Whitman's sexuality from his politics, and his poetry from both.
This book puts Shakespearean studies on the front burner of popular culture.