Walt Whitman's Mystical Ethics of Comradeship: Homosexuality and the Marginality of Friendship at the Crossroads of Modernity

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WaltWhitman’sMysticalEthics ofComradeship Homosexuality and the Marginality of Friendship at the Crossroads of Modernity Juan A. Herrero Brasas Published by State University of New York Press Albany© 2010 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoever withoutwrittenpermission.Nopartofthisbookmaybestoredinaretrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Diane Ganeles Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Herrero Brasas, Juan A. Walt Whitman’s mystical ethics of comradeship : homosexuality and the marginality of friendship at the crossroads of modernity / Juan A. Herrero Brasas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-3011-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Whitman, Walt, 1819–1892—Relations with men. 2. Whitman, Walt, 1819–1892—Friends and associates. 3. Whitman, Walt, 1819–1892—Ethics. 4. Poets, American—19th century— Biography. 5. Gay men—United States—Biography. I. Title. PS3232.H47 2010 811’.3—dc22 [B] 2009021078 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my mother, whom I love and admire so much, and for aunt Pilar, whose kindness and loving care will always stay with me. ...