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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

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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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Average rating: 4.12 · 154,849 ratings · 6,524 reviews · 1,460 distinct works • Similar authors

	Leaves of Grass 4.12 avg rating — 103,975 ratings — published 1855 — 941 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 — 14,256 ratings — published 1856 — 194 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
	Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition by Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 4,162 ratings — published 1855 — 259 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 — 2,356 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 — 1,837 ratings — published 1892 — 223 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 — 1,639 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 — 1,410 ratings — published 1855 — 5 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
	Alone on the Beach at Night 3.23 avg rating — 1,390 ratings — published 1892 — 5 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 — 874 ratings — published 1945 — 23 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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