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The Robert Knoll Lecture Series presents: Zack Turpin
“‘The Cushions of the Presidency Are Nothing But Filth and Blood’: Walt Whitman on American Dictatorship”
Starts at
3:30 pm
Andrews Hall
Room: Bailey Library, ANDR 228/229
Target Audiences:
625 N 14th St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: ANDR
Contact:
Dr. Kenneth Price, kprice2@nebraska.edu
In the third Robert Knoll lecture of the fall semester, Zack Turpin, associate professor at the University of Idaho, will speak on “‘The Cushions of the Presidency are Nothing but Filth and Blood’: Walt Whitman on American Dictatorship.” The department, with support from the dean’s office, is offering three Knoll lectures this fall on Walt Whitman and the vistas of democracy.
These talks will occur on the 30th anniversary of the Walt Whitman Archive and its 25 year of operation at UNL. Through talks by three prominent Americanists — all with expertise in 19th century American literature, Whitman and digital humanities — we have an opportunity to see how literary studies can speak to cultural change, identity and the possibility of renewal.
Frequently called the “poet of democracy,” Whitman was banned in his day, and he remains provocative and challenging now. How did a man-loving man, disabled in his final decades and never affluent, come to be widely regarded as the national poet? And how and why did he become an inspiration for democratic movements worldwide? Can he speak to our current political problems (in case you’re curious, he hated tariffs with a passion)? Those teaching 19th century studies, American literature, poetry or anything engaging democracy may want to incorporate these talks into their syllabi.
These talks will occur on the 30th anniversary of the Walt Whitman Archive and its 25 year of operation at UNL. Through talks by three prominent Americanists — all with expertise in 19th century American literature, Whitman and digital humanities — we have an opportunity to see how literary studies can speak to cultural change, identity and the possibility of renewal.
Frequently called the “poet of democracy,” Whitman was banned in his day, and he remains provocative and challenging now. How did a man-loving man, disabled in his final decades and never affluent, come to be widely regarded as the national poet? And how and why did he become an inspiration for democratic movements worldwide? Can he speak to our current political problems (in case you’re curious, he hated tariffs with a passion)? Those teaching 19th century studies, American literature, poetry or anything engaging democracy may want to incorporate these talks into their syllabi.
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This event originated in English.