What does 'Whitman's poet' in the passage?
I think 's generally indicates possession, but in the following passage, the usage evades me. Does it mean 'Whitman's poetry' or 'a poet like Whitman'?
Long before Walt Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, poets had addressed
themselves to fame. Horace, Petrarch, Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats
all hoped that poetic greatness would grant them a kind of earthly
immortality. Whitman held a similar faith that for centuries the world
would value his poems. But to this ancient desire to live forever on
the page, he added a new sense of fame. Readers would not simply
attend to the poet’s work; they would be attracted to the greatness of
his personality. They would see in his poems a vibrant cultural
performance, an individual springing from the book with tremendous
charisma and appeal. Out of the political rallies and electoral
parades that marked Jacksonian America, Whitman defined poetic fame in
relation to the crowd. Other poets might look for their inspiration
from the goddess of poetry. Whitman’s poet sought the approval of
his contemporaries. In the instability of American democracy, fame
would be dependent on celebrity, on the degree to which the people
rejoiced in the poet and his work.
This article is from the preface of Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity by David Haven Blake.
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I think 's generally indicates possession, but in the following passage, the usage evades me. Does it mean 'Whitman's poetry' or 'a poet like Whitman'?
Long before Walt Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, poets had addressed
themselves to fame. Horace, Petrarch, Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats
all hoped that poetic greatness would grant them a kind of earthly
immortality. Whitman held a similar faith that for centuries the world
would value his poems. But to this ancient desire to live forever on
the page, he added a new sense of fame. Readers would not simply
attend to the poet’s work; they would be attracted to the greatness of
his personality. They would see in his poems a vibrant cultural
performance, an individual springing from the book with tremendous
charisma and appeal. Out of the political rallies and electoral
parades that marked Jacksonian America, Whitman defined poetic fame in
relation to the crowd. Other poets might look for their inspiration
from the goddess of poetry. Whitman’s poet sought the approval of
his contemporaries. In the instability of American democracy, fame
would be dependent on celebrity, on the degree to which the people
rejoiced in the poet and his work.
This article is from the preface of Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity by David Haven Blake.
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I think 's generally indicates possession, but in the following passage, the usage evades me. Does it mean 'Whitman's poetry' or 'a poet like Whitman'?
Long before Walt Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, poets had addressed
themselves to fame. Horace, Petrarch, Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats
all hoped that poetic greatness would grant them a kind of earthly
immortality. Whitman held a similar faith that for centuries the world
would value his poems. But to this ancient desire to live forever on
the page, he added a new sense of fame. Readers would not simply
attend to the poet’s work; they would be attracted to the greatness of
his personality. They would see in his poems a vibrant cultural
performance, an individual springing from the book with tremendous
charisma and appeal. Out of the political rallies and electoral
parades that marked Jacksonian America, Whitman defined poetic fame in
relation to the crowd. Other poets might look for their inspiration
from the goddess of poetry. Whitman’s poet sought the approval of
his contemporaries. In the instability of American democracy, fame
would be dependent on celebrity, on the degree to which the people
rejoiced in the poet and his work.
This article is from the preface of Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity by David Haven Blake.
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I think 's generally indicates possession, but in the following passage, the usage evades me. Does it mean 'Whitman's poetry' or 'a poet like Whitman'?
Long before Walt Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, poets had addressed
themselves to fame. Horace, Petrarch, Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats
all hoped that poetic greatness would grant them a kind of earthly
immortality. Whitman held a similar faith that for centuries the world
would value his poems. But to this ancient desire to live forever on
the page, he added a new sense of fame. Readers would not simply
attend to the poet’s work; they would be attracted to the greatness of
his personality. They would see in his poems a vibrant cultural
performance, an individual springing from the book with tremendous
charisma and appeal. Out of the political rallies and electoral
parades that marked Jacksonian America, Whitman defined poetic fame in
relation to the crowd. Other poets might look for their inspiration
from the goddess of poetry. Whitman’s poet sought the approval of
his contemporaries. In the instability of American democracy, fame
would be dependent on celebrity, on the degree to which the people
rejoiced in the poet and his work.
This article is from the preface of Walt Whitman and the Culture of American Celebrity by David Haven Blake.
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