...Part I THE RECONCILIATION IMAGE IN WHITMAN 1Demo cratic Vistas DEMO CRATIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND RECONCILIATION Let us follow Whitman s paths. At least twelve topics can be distinguished in his essay Demo cratic Vistas, all of which he brings to bear on three questions he strug gles with most:1 What...

.... 72. See Deleuze, Difference and Repetition, 127 28. 73. Krzysztof Ziarek, The Force of Art (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 (my italics). 1. DEMO CRATIC VISTAS Chapter epigraph: Walt Whitman, Thou Mother with Thy Equal Brood, in lg, 456, lines 8 9. Text...

... would become influx & efflux more than a decade later. There have been so many vital winds, storms, and safe harbors. My sisters: Susan Bennett (with me on every little and big thing since 1960), Mary Marchand (together we find vistas), Deb Youngblood (steering me toward life, because work isn t...

... Part I THE RECONCILIATION IMAGE IN WHITMAN 1Demo cratic Vistas DEMO CRATIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND RECONCILIATION Let us follow Whitman s paths. At least twelve topics can be distinguished in his essay Demo cratic Vistas, all of which he brings to bear on three questions he strug gles with most:1 What...

... plant, an off shoot from his vine, is blooming this year, festooned over the chicken run, promising fruit. · · · Travel: vistas are opening up. A short trip to Baja for Elana s birthday. We rented a house on the coast and cooked each night on a barbecue overlooking the ocean. I was cautious this time...

... surely follow soon after. But some callous indif- ference or failure of imagination blocked us from thinking about what it must be like to be left, the last chicken standing. six weeks later I found companions for Holly. At a chicken farm in Vista, nearly an hour away, I chose two young birds. Another...