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Walter Whitman Jr. ( / ˈhwɪtmən /; 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. [1]
May 27, 2024 · Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey) was an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature.
Apr 2, 2014 · Walt Whitman was an American poet whose verse collection 'Leaves of Grass' is a landmark in the history of American literature. Updated: Sep 14, 2022. Matthew Brady/Buyenlarge/Getty...
Walt Whitman - Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman is the author of Leaves of Grass and, along with Emily Dickinson, is considered one of the architects of a uniquely American poetic voice.
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance…
Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892) American poet who linked the Transcendentalist poets with the more realistic style of the Twentieth Century. Whitman Magnus opus was Leaves of Grass, a groundbreaking new style of poetry. Short bio Walt Whitman. Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, US on May 31, 1819.
Walt Whitman, arguably America's most influential and innovative poet, was born into a working class family in West Hills on Long Island, on May 31, 1819, just thirty years after George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the newly formed United States.
Walter Whitman, Sr., had been born on the day of the storming of the Bastille in 1789 and trained his sons as radical democrats, identifying with independent farmers and laborers and regarding...
The Walt Whitman Archive is a comprehensive resource about Whitman's life and work, co-directed by Dr. Ed Folsom and Dr. Kenneth M. Price. Whitman has been one of the most influential writers in American history.
This biography of Walt Whitman, written especially for The Walt Whitman Archive by Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price, contains links to hundreds of articles from Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia that offer a broad context for understanding the main narrative of Whitman’s life offered here.
