Walt Whitman
Walter Whitman Jr. (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection ''Leaves of Grass'', which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At age 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, ''Leaves of Grass'', first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising ''Leaves of Grass'' until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at age 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without ''Leaves of Grass''... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He America." According to the Poetry Foundation, he is "America's world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare." Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
2
-
3by Whitman, Walt
Published 1961
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
4by Whitman, Walt
Published 1999
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
5
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
6by Whitman, Walt
Published 2016
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Audio -
7by Whitman, Walt
Published 1865
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
8by Whitman, Walt
Published 2019
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
9by Whitman, Walt
Published 2009
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Audio -
10by Whitman, Walt
Published 2011
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
11by Whitman, Walt
Published 2015
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
12by Whitman, Walt
Published 2015
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
13by Whitman, Walt
Published 2018
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
14by Whitman, WaltOther Authors: “...Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892,Bazalgette, Léon, 1873-1928...”
Published 1914
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Unknown -
15by Whitman, Walt
Published 2019
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
16by Whitman, Walt
Published 2017
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
17by Whitman, Walt
Published 2015
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
18by Whitman, Walt
Published 2017
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
19by Whitman, Walt
Published 1904
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book -
20by Whitman, Walt
Published 2015
This item is not available through BorrowDirect. Please contact your institution’s interlibrary loan office for further assistance.Book