Later regarded as one of America's finest poets, Walt Whitman had already published his famous Leaves of Grass when he visited his wounded brother at Fredericksburg. Shocked at the carnage of the ...

"Walt Whitman", a brief biography of the poet by C. J. Furness, has just been issued by the Harvard University Press, as one of its November publications. The story of the poet during the last years ...

American poet Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago on May 31, 1819. His Leaves Of Grass has been called the most important book of American poetry ever. Yet in 1855, he could barely give it away.

“A glimpse into the workshop“ is how Walt Whitman described his “blue book,“ the author’s own intimate copy of LEAVES OF GRASS,with his many notes, revisions, and comments on his master work. Now ...

CAMDEN — Camden, Walt Whitman said, brought him "blessed returns." The poet, writer and American icon, during his life and in the many years since his death, has returned those blessings. His words ...

This then is life -- Roots and leaves -- The shapes arise -- The outsetting bard -- In paths untrodden -- Emblematic blades -- Loving comrade -- Over the carnage -- Ships at sea -- Ebbing tide -- ...

"That," said he, "is Walt Whitman, -- with very common goods inside." It was not until his writings became less prophetical, and more consciously literary in their aim, that Lowell and scholars of his ...

The Return of All-American Fiction? The Manifest Tenacity of Lewis and Clark Audio By Carbonatix An exhibit in New York traces the life and work of the 'bard of Democracy.' When Walt Whitman was born, ...