Reception Criticism Whitman and Other Writers Back to top Whitman criticism has exploded in quantity since the mid-1970s, with more than 250 books and thousands of essays published since then that are devoted to
The events of late 1864 did little to raise Whitman's spirits. In October he found out that his brother George had been captured by the Confederacy after a battle; whether he was wounded and where he was held remained unknown. In December Whitman took his brother Jesse, whose mind had bee...
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to ...
The sickness of one of my folks or of myself, or ill-doing or loss or lack of money, or depressions or exaltations, Battles, the horrors of fratricidal war, the fever of doubtful news, the tful events; These come to me days and nights and go from me again, But they are not th...
This Saturday, May 17, the Community of Garfield Association is proud to host an annual spring tradition — May Day. Activities will begin at 7 a.m. with the Garfield Christian Fellowship Ladies’ Aide Community Breakfast. Various other events-including a parade, vendor booths, food, a fun ...
Battles, the horrors of fratricidal war, the fever of doubtful news, the fitful events; These come to me days and nights, and go from me again, But they are not the Me myself. Apart from the pulling and hauling stands what I am; ...
For the battle of Gettysburg, how did politics influence and shape events on the battlefield? What were Edmund Randolph's views on the presidency? Which impact of John Winthrop is left on America today? How do the Declaration of Independence and "I have a dream" co...
He was reaching beyond the self, out into the living universe of things, ideas, and events — the world he was part of — as if through poetry the universe could rise up with a human voice. In his case, it could. But in the end, I think he was mistaken (however ecstatically) ...
This Saturday, May 17, the Community of Garfield Association is proud to host an annual spring tradition — May Day. Activities will begin at 7 a.m. with the Garfield Christian Fellowship Ladies’ Aide Community Breakfast. Various other events-including a parade, vendor booths, food, a fun ...
Fortunately for Whitman , more positive events were taking place in Washington. In late December, O'Connor pleaded Whitman 's case before W.T. Otto, Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and in January, Whitman was offered a low-level clerkship for, to Whitman, the more ...