Masculine Beauty: A Collection of Walt Whitman's Poetry of Same-Sex Affection

This volume seeks to give readers and scholars a single source to consult when the aim is to read Whitman's homoerotic verse. It contains only those poems Whitman wrote exploring masculine beauty and/or same-sex affection. An abridged introduction by John Burroughs places the work in its historical context.

Sometimes gay readers and scholars have occasion to seek out the homoerotic passages of Whitman, whether to read for the pure pleasure of the experience or for scholarship. This need has...