Though not entirely directed towards Whitman criticism, my bibliographic essay concerning Edith Wharton does make use of the influence that Whitman had on Wharton’s work. One article in particular speaks to the Whitmanian influences on the sexuality as depicted in Summer. However, there is no reason that it should have to stop there.
This bibliographic essay covers roughly 27 years of Wharton criticism concerning the New Woman and it’s failures as presented in Summer, The House of Mirth, and The Age of Innocence.