by Whitman · Cluster: World Upside Down · Comedy
Abstract
Brief world-upside-down fragment inverting front and back, bidding the despised offer new propositions; a topos of social reversal.
Connections
Topoi: World Upside Down Themes & Concepts: Reform, Social Injustice, Satire of Society Forms & Genres: Fragment
Testo integrale / Full text
Let that which stood in front go behind,
Let that which was behind advance to the front,
Let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions,
Let the old propositions be postponed,
Let a man seek pleasure everywhere except in himself,
Let a woman seek happiness everywhere except in herself