In fact, Leaves of Grass may be comparable to ... In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just "Walt Whitman" before assuming the title "Song of ...

The first edition of Whitman’s major poetic work was published in 1855 at his own expense, and bore only his image—no name. From the first to the last of the six editions of "Leaves of Grass," the ...

"Walt Whitman is in town; I have seen him!" When I asked where, he replied: "At the stereotype foundry, just around the corner. Come along! I'll take you to him." The author of Leaves of Grass had ...

Samuel Warren’s small book "The Lily and the Bee" (1851) is argued by critic and biographer Bliss Perry to be a significant source of the style that Whitman cultivates in "Leaves of Grass." ...

Page one of letter from R. W. Emerson to Walt Whitman about Leaves of Grass, 1855. Courtesy: Library of Congress The Boston literary crowd overlapped with the advocacy of progressive political ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social studies ... have a volunteer read aloud the opening of Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Then discuss as a class: What is your first impression upon hearing ...

Walt Whitman was a late bloomer ... In 1855 he published the first edition of Leaves of Grass, opening with an uncanny, world-changing poem, “Song of Myself.” Leaves of Grass was scandalously ...

His notebook from this period bore the name of "Walt Whitman, Soldiers' Missionary ... Lincoln's law partner had carried a copy of Leaves of Grass to their office, where the future president ...

“But for the opera, I could never have written Leaves of Grass.” —Walt Whitman From “Proud Music of the Storm” to “Italian Music in Dakota,” the influence of opera on Whitman’s work is more than ...

If, as Whitman said, Leaves of Grass and the war were one ... William Eleazar Barton. Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.