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Walt Whitman

Born

in West Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York, The United States

May 31, 1819

Died

March 26, 1892

Website

https://www.waltwhitman.com/

Genre

Poetry

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Walter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with hi ...more

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	Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 116,213 ratings — published 1855 — 2590 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of Myself 4.16 avg rating — 15,947 ratings — published 1856	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman, Justin Kaplan (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 7,472 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Poems by Walt Whitman, Francis Murphy (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 4,526 ratings — published 1892 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.07 avg rating — 2,496 ratings — published 1892 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems by Walt Whitman 4.15 avg rating — 1,857 ratings — published 1892	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaves of Grass: First and "Death-Bed" Editions by Walt Whitman, Karen Karbiener (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 1,664 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaves of Grass and Other Writings by Walt Whitman, Michael Moon (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 1,488 ratings — published 1855 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone on the Beach at Night (Penguin Little Black Classics, #10) 3.22 avg rating — 1,971 ratings — published 1892 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh Captain! My Captain! 4.03 avg rating — 1,202 ratings — published 1865 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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