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Walt Whitman

Born

in West Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York, The United States

May 31, 1819

Died

March 26, 1892

Genre

Poetry

Influences

Ralph Waldo Emerson, McDonald Clarke, Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Carlyle ...more

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Walter Whitman (1819-1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.

Born on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War in addition to publishing his poetry. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842).

After working as clerk, teacher, journalist and laborer, Whitman wrote his masterpiece, Leaves of Grass, pioneering free verse poetry in a humanistic celebration of humanity, in 1855. Emerson, who ...more

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	Leaves of Grass 4.12 avg rating — 98,399 ratings — published 1855 — 4704 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of Myself 4.16 avg rating — 14,056 ratings — published 1856 — 190 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman, Justin Kaplan (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 7,408 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poems by Walt Whitman, Francis Murphy (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 4,322 ratings — published 1902 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition by Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 3,961 ratings — published 1855 — 204 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.08 avg rating — 2,344 ratings — published 1892 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems by Walt Whitman 4.14 avg rating — 1,812 ratings — published 1892 — 484 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaves of Grass: First and "Death-Bed" Editions by Walt Whitman, Karen Karbiener (Introduction) 4.11 avg rating — 1,634 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaves of Grass and Other Writings by Walt Whitman, Michael Moon (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 1,398 ratings — published 1855 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman, Mark van Doren (Editor), Malcolm Cowley (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 1945 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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