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Seer, prophet, visionary, preacher, Walt Whitman stands out as one of poetry's towering anomalies: in celebrating the trees, water, sky and air, the bear, the eagle, the buffalo and the lion, Whitman expressed a uniquely democratic vision that engulfs not only the American continent but the entire universe. His passionate vehemence, his faith in the common man, and his unflinching pursuit of the truth gave form to an arsenal of ideas, inspiring and motivating generations of writers to come.
List of contents
01: I Hear America Singing; 02: Starting from Paumanok, Part 1; 03: Starting from Paumanok, Part 2; 04: Starting from Paumanok, Part 3; 05: I Sing the Body Electric, Part 1; 06: I Sing the Body Electric, Part 2; 07: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry; 08: Beat! Beat! Drums!; 09: Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking; 10: A Noiseless Patient Spider
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Walt Whitman (1819-1892) war New Yorker: Geboren auf Long Island, wuchs er in Brooklyn auf und starb in Camden, New Jersey. Er arbeitete als Dorfschullehrer, Zimmermann, Schriftsetzer, Drucker, Journalist, Häusermakler, Sekretär im Innenministerium und als freiwilliger Lazaretthelfer während des Sezessionskriegs.
Summary
Seer, prophet, visionary, preacher, Walt Whitman stands out as one of poetry's towering anomalies: in celebrating the trees, water, sky and air, the bear, the eagle, the buffalo and the lion, Whitman expressed a uniquely democratic vision that engulfs not only the American continent but the entire universe.
