Walt Whitman: Resources for an American Classic
"Walt Whitman and the Development of Leaves of Grass" Developed by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collection at the University of South Carolina, this virtual museum takes you through Whitman's process of preparing his book for publication. The Introduction offers a useful overview of the literary climate in the United States in 1855.
Suggestions for further research:
Voices and Visions 60 second video clip with audio of "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"
Poet at Work Walt Whitman Collection Recovered Notebooks About the notebooks
Poems:
"Song of Myself"
"I Hear American Singing"
"Cavalry Crossing a Ford"
Other poems
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