Chapter 7: People Alone whitman

Walt Whitman (1819—1892)

Walt Whitman, who became a legend during his lifetime, is one of America's major poets. He was born in New York, and lived with his family in both Long Island and Brooklyn. At various times he worked as a printer, teacher, reporter, and government bureaucrat. In addition, he served as a nurse during the Civil War. His major work was Leaves of Grass, which he first published as a collection of twelve poems in 1855, and to which he added as time went on. Many editions were published in his lifetime, the last one in 1892. Drum Taps, poems based on his Civil War experiences, was published in 1865; a second edition contained "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," his poem on the death of Lincoln. Author Links Walt Whitman This site, part of the Academy of American Poets website, provides a good biographical background for Walt Whitman, a selected bibliography, and links to other useful and interesting Whitman resources online. The Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive This site represents a project at the University of Virginia to provide digitized images of original documents, transcriptions of those documents, and an elaborate body of introductions, commentaries, and other materials useful in interpreting Walt Whitman's works. Walt Whitman Circle This site provides many useful links to online resources regrading Walt Whitman and his work. Of special note are the links to hypertext versions of Whitman's work, with annotations, and music inspired by Whitman's most famous poem, "Song of Myself."

"Song of Myself" "Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances" Walt Whitman The Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive Walt Whitman Circle

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