New York-Paris : Whitman, Baudelaire, and the Hybrid City.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (153 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- One: A Call in the Midst of the Crowd -- Two: This Insubstantial Pageant -- Three: A Portrait of the Artist as Parisian Prowler -- Four: Dark Rooms -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A comparison of the mid-19th-century city in the poetry of Walt Whitman and Charles Baudelaire and their responses to the inescapable push of modernization.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation. Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Criticism and interpretation. Comparative literature--American and French. Comparative literature--French and American. New York (N.Y.)--In literature. Paris (France)--In literature.