声明
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
摘要
Introduction
0.1 Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass
0.2 Literature Review
Chapter One The Bard of Individualism
1.1 Normal Simplicity and Unsophisticated Conscience
1.2 “Firm-Fibred’’Body
1.3 Self-Reliance
Chapter Two Community Consciousness
2.1 Free and Liberal Community
2.2 Equal Community
2.2.1 Racial Equality
2.2.2 Gender Equality
2.3 Individualism and Comradeship
Chapter Three Writing for the Sake of Democracy
3.1 The Search for Self-Relianee of America
3.2 The Songs for the Masses
3.3 The Expression of American Reality
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgments