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Walt Whitman - Wikipedia Walter Whitman Jr ( ˈhwɪtmən ; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist; he also wrote two novels He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature and world literature
Walt Whitman | The Poetry Foundation Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship
Walt Whitman | Biography, Poems, Leaves of Grass, Facts - Britannica Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature His aim was to transcend traditional epics and to eschew normal aesthetic form
Biography | Whitman Archive Walt Whitman, arguably America's most influential and innovative poet, was born into a working class family in West Hills on Long Island, on May 31, 1819, just thirty years after George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the newly formed United States
About Whitman - Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum By the end of his life, Whitman had become the first American poet to achieve international acclaim Today his poetry is available in every major language and continues to inspire people worldwide who find in Whitman the voice and vision of a truly international humanist
Walt Whitman: A Resource Guide - Library of Congress American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892) revolutionized modern poetry with the publication of Leaves of Grass in 1855 Explore this guide to learn about Whitman materials available on the Library's website and in its physical collections
Whitman Archive The Walt Whitman Archive, edited by Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, Kenneth M Price, is published by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln under a Creative Commons License
Overview | Whitman Archive Whitman, America's most influential poet and one of the four or five most innovative and significant writers in United States history, is the most challenging of all American authors in terms of the textual difficulties his work presents
Walt Whitman - Poet, Innovator, Legacy | Britannica Walt Whitman - Poet, Innovator, Legacy: At the time of his death Whitman was more respected in Europe than in his own country It was not as a poet, indeed, but as a symbol of American democracy that he first won recognition