Walt Whitman offers ... figure of the era, praised Whitman highly, as did many other reviewers. Whitman published a new edition of the book in 1860 containing poems that he hoped would help ...

This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. Interweaving narration and dramatic ...

On Saturday, May 3 at 4 p.m., the Clark Art Institute presents “Walt Whitman Comes to the Clark,” a combination film ...

I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings ... I bring to you no proud poem,' " I replied. O'Connor cried out, in his vehement way, "That's so, Walt, -- that's so!" "I think you are right ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried ... occasionally read the poems aloud. In April 1865 Whitman was in Brooklyn ...

Even in this photograph, however, we would have doubts as to which voice in Whitman’s poetry belongs to that ... tired even of being Walt Whitman. “There was a period early on in my career ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook ... Beginning on the next page, Whitman turns directly to the disaster confronting the Union, addressing this fragmentary poem to “Libertad.” ...

The result is a beautiful and moving film cycle. Walt Whitman was a late bloomer. By the early 1850s he had published poems, short stories, and a novel, but all of them were thoroughly ...

Seemingly answering the call Whitman voiced in :The Eighteenth Presidency!" for a “Redeemer President,” Lincoln is the one figure in Whitman’s poetry that is permitted ... Abraham Lincoln and Walt ...

Whitman's poetry often expresses the collective unconscious of 19th-century America, for better and for worse. Whitman's inclusive poetic voice, however, has influenced generations of writers ...

Walt Whitman's ego ... of Leaves of Grass, Whitman called on Emerson and discussed the book. Emerson advised the younger man to cut out the more overtly sexual poems, but, even after hearing ...