| The Erotic Whitman |
| [Dedication] |
| Contents |
| Acknowledgments |
| Citation Note |
| Preface |
 | 1. The Erotics of Youth |
| • | FAMILY FACES |
| • | BOARDING AT THE BRENTONS |
| • | A FIRST FRIENDSHIP |
| 2. Why Whitman Gave Up Fiction |
| 3. Interleaf |
| 4. Faith in Sex |
| • | TWENTY-EIGHT YOUNG MEN |
| • | THE FLESH AND THE APPETITES |
| • | THE TWENTY-NINTH BATHER |
| 5. The Politics of Love in the 1860 Leaves of Grass |
| • | ENFANS D'ADAM |
| • | CALAMUS |
| 6. Whitman Unperturbed |
| • | The Civil War and After |
| 7. “In Loftiest Spheres” |
| 287. Notes |
| • | PREFACE |
| • | CHAPTER ONE |
| • | CHAPTER TWO |
| • | CHAPTER THREE |
| • | CHAPTER FOUR |
| • | CHAPTER FIVE |
| • | CHAPTER SIX |
| • | CHAPTER SEVEN |
| Index |
