Walt Whitman

Whitman in 1887 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
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    Hojas de hierba / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1999
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    Perspectivas democráticas / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1944
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    Días ejemplares de América / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1946
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    Hojas de hierba by Whitman, Walt 1819-1892

    Published 1969
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    Obras escogidas / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1955
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    Canto a mí mismo / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1952
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    Días ejemplares de América / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1946
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    Hojas de hierba / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1964
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    Poemas / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1939
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    Hojas de hierba : Antología bilingüe / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1996
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    Hojas de hierba / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1976
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    Feuilles d'herbe / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1964
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    Hojas de hierba / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 2009
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    Hojas de hierba / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 2000
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    Obras escogidas / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1946
    Book
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    Hojas de hierba / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1956
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    Hojas de hierbas / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1999
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    Canto a mí mismo / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1941
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    Walt Whitman's Leaves of grass / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1976
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    Hojas de hierbas / by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

    Published 1999
    Book