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New York. Had five years of schooling and a good deal of "loafing"
and reading. Tried at a various of jobs and picked up a first-hand
knowledge of life and people in the new world. Worked as an office boy, a printer's apprentice,
is noble for its frank delight in and praise of the senses
most of the poems are about man and nature,praise the nature and the individaul human's role therein
schoolmaster, printer, editor (of eight successive newspapers ), and journalist.xperience
1848, traveled to New Orleans and saw much of the Mississippi heartlands.
Major Works
-
Whitman • Works
Leaves of Grass《草叶集》
nine editions，from 95 pages,12 poems to 400 pages,401 poems
the first American genuine epic poems
a collection of poems written mainly in free verse
Continued to revise and expand his Leaves of Grass, and it went through 9 editions altogether.
1873, suffered a paralytic stroke. died on March 26, 1892.
and freedom
-
Whitman • Leaves of Grass
1855, the first edition, 12 poems ——did not sell well but made a stir on the America literary scene
1856, the secnd edition, 33 poems 1860, the third edition, 122 poems 1867, the fourth edition
1871, the fifth edition ——began to receive recognition in England and America
1855, the first edition of Leaves of Grass came out (contained 12 poems).
During the Civil War, worked as a volunteer nurse, a "wound-dresser" in military hospitals.
in American literature
-
Whitman • Position
A part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism
He believed the American poets would create both new forms and new subject matter for poetry.
He announced and instructed a complete new age.
-
02
Life
-
Whitman • Life Experience
Born on May 31, 1819, the second son of a house-builder. Brought up in a working-class background on Long Island,
Walt Whitman
Wang Ruixian 2014.12.13
-
CONTENT
01
Position
02
Life
03
Major Works
04
Writing Features
-
01
Position
-
Whitman • Position
A poet, an essayist , A journalist, a humanist A giant of American letters The father of free verse One of the great innovators
-
Whitman • Life Experience
After his death on March 26, 1892, Whitman was buried in a tomb he designed and had built on a lot in Harleigh Cemetery.
-
03
-
Whitman • Works Leaves of Grass《草叶集》
"Grass" means——
the image of the common people a symbol of rising America an enbodiment of his ideals about democracy
-
Whitman • Life Experience
R eleased a second edition of the book in 1856, containing thirty-three poems, a letter from Emerson praising the first edition, and a long open letter by Whitman in response.
and reading. Tried at a various of jobs and picked up a first-hand
knowledge of life and people in the new world. Worked as an office boy, a printer's apprentice,
is noble for its frank delight in and praise of the senses
most of the poems are about man and nature,praise the nature and the individaul human's role therein
schoolmaster, printer, editor (of eight successive newspapers ), and journalist.xperience
1848, traveled to New Orleans and saw much of the Mississippi heartlands.
Major Works
-
Whitman • Works
Leaves of Grass《草叶集》
nine editions，from 95 pages,12 poems to 400 pages,401 poems
the first American genuine epic poems
a collection of poems written mainly in free verse
Continued to revise and expand his Leaves of Grass, and it went through 9 editions altogether.
1873, suffered a paralytic stroke. died on March 26, 1892.
and freedom
-
Whitman • Leaves of Grass
1855, the first edition, 12 poems ——did not sell well but made a stir on the America literary scene
1856, the secnd edition, 33 poems 1860, the third edition, 122 poems 1867, the fourth edition
1871, the fifth edition ——began to receive recognition in England and America
1855, the first edition of Leaves of Grass came out (contained 12 poems).
During the Civil War, worked as a volunteer nurse, a "wound-dresser" in military hospitals.
in American literature
-
Whitman • Position
A part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism
He believed the American poets would create both new forms and new subject matter for poetry.
He announced and instructed a complete new age.
-
02
Life
-
Whitman • Life Experience
Born on May 31, 1819, the second son of a house-builder. Brought up in a working-class background on Long Island,
Walt Whitman
Wang Ruixian 2014.12.13
-
CONTENT
01
Position
02
Life
03
Major Works
04
Writing Features
-
01
Position
-
Whitman • Position
A poet, an essayist , A journalist, a humanist A giant of American letters The father of free verse One of the great innovators
-
Whitman • Life Experience
After his death on March 26, 1892, Whitman was buried in a tomb he designed and had built on a lot in Harleigh Cemetery.
-
03
-
Whitman • Works Leaves of Grass《草叶集》
"Grass" means——
the image of the common people a symbol of rising America an enbodiment of his ideals about democracy
-
Whitman • Life Experience
R eleased a second edition of the book in 1856, containing thirty-three poems, a letter from Emerson praising the first edition, and a long open letter by Whitman in response.