His notebook from this period bore the name of "Walt Whitman, Soldiers' Missionary ... Just as the book was going to press, he inserted a short new poem about Lincoln's death.

Walt Whitman was a 19th century American poet who used lyric to announce the ... observing Emerson in his old age and listening to his short, sharp comments. Perhaps the most nebulous point ...

In the second episode of The Long and Short, Mark and Seamus turn to Walt Whitman's ‘Song of Myself’, from Leaves ... physicality and exuberance of this seminal American poem, its relationship with ...

This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. Interweaving narration and dramatic ...

Walt Whitman's small notebook, now disbound, had this black leather cover when the poet carried it in his coat pocket. Whitman first saw Lincoln when the president-elect visited New York on his ...

Walt Whitman's ego ... of Leaves of Grass, Whitman called on Emerson and discussed the book. Emerson advised the younger man to cut out the more overtly sexual poems, but, even after hearing ...