Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
First Advisor
Carlson, David J.
Second Advisor
Paegle, Julie S.
Third Advisor
Delgado, Juan
Abstract
In this thesis, the author offers a close reading and analysis of several of Walt Whitman's elegies and poems about death and mourning through the nineteenth century practices of mourning and death.
Recommended Citation
Nylander, Susan Renee, "Whitman, elegy, and the nineteenth century culture of death and mourning" (2009). Theses Digitization Project. 3808.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3808
