Articles related to "Walt Whitman"



Walt Whitman's Peaceful Actions and Ideals
According to Walt Whitman scholars, Whitman was not raised within the tenets of one particular religion, but "Quaker thought always played a major role in Whitman's life"
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Classic Authors: Walt Whitman
A brief biography of Walt Whitman.
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Famous Poet: Walt Whitman
Beginning of a series of famous poets.
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Walt Whitman and Transcendentalism
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking explores Walt Whitman's ideas regarding the cyclical nature of time and the notion of humanity's interconnectivity.
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Walt Whitman Biography
The life and poetry of Walt Whitman, American poet and journalist, famous for Leaves of Grass.
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Walt Whitman Birthplace
The Walt Whitman Birthplace, an inspirational back-to-school literary tour.
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Walt Whitman's Passage to India
The deathbed edition of Walt Whitman's "Passage to India" consists of nine parts, featuring his sprawling signature style.
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Walt Whitman: More Than a War Poet (Part Two)
"Whitman: More Than A War Poet." Part Two of Two. See "Viewing Robert Frost (Part One)"!
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Walt Whitman: A Voice of Hope and Unification
Responding the needs of a nation, Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass was designed to become "a new covenant that would convert America into a true democracy."
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Walt Whitman: More Than A War Poet (Part One)
"Whitman: More Than A War Poet." Part One of Two. See Part Two also!
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Whitman's Learn'd Astronomer
Walt Whitman's sprawling eight-line poem showcases the poet's freewheeling style while dramatizing the wildly romantic world view portrayed in almost all of his poems.
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We Are One
Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago are helping to establish a heritage of musicianship for gospel artists in the Windy City. They sing a variety of high-powered, energetic gospel music in there latest album "We Are One".

A New Realism: David Hockney
Because his parents were vegetarian and condemned smoking, David Hockney ate meat and smoked cigarettes.
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Abe Lincoln and Poetry
Lincoln's statesmanship steered America in a direction toward strength and peace. His life is certainly one to emulate. And the poets have not failed to notice. Plus the sixteenth president was also something of a poet.
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Artist William Sidney Mount
Painter William Sidney Mount rejected classical themes to celebrate everyday scenes from 19th century American life.
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Cosmic Consciousness
An overview of Cosmic Consciousness and it's relevance to today's seeker of the mysteries.
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Cosmic Consciousness
Richard Maurice Bucke's claim that man is evolving from simple consciousness to cosmic consciousness is becoming evident in the current theories regarding 2012.
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Kenneth Fearing: Biography
Fearing's poetry and writing offer a unique use of language and a glimpse into the darker, quirkier side of 20th century American life.
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Late 19th Century Scenes of Summer
Three paintings by American-born artists Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins captured new views of the Good Old Summertime.
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Lyric Poetry
Lyric poetry is the most common form of poetry; it does not tell a story as the epic and narrative forms do; the lyric poem has grown into many forms since ancient times.
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Most Important American Authors
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain each wrote American classics that firmly establish these writers as America's most important authors.
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Now, Voyager - Review of Classic Tearjerker
Bette Davis and Paul Henreid share romance and their famous cigarettes in what some might call a classic chick flick that is also an early look at mental illness in film.
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On Wonder
There are many pragmatic arguments in favor of space exploration, but among people who have flown in space, there is also one overriding feeling: wonder.
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Perusing the mysticism of Uncle Walt
Reading, one of the simple joys of summer, has returned me to the mystical fount of knowledge from the heart of Walt Whitman.
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Whitman's "Autumn Rivulets"
Using Spring motifs in "Autumn Rivulets," Whitman plays ironically with the idea of reminiscence, a remembering of innocence within the context of experience.
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Whitman's 'Reconciliation'
Walt Whitman served in field hospitals during the American Civil War (1861-1865), and he wrote extensively about his experience in both poems and essays.
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Whitman's Cavalry Crossing a Ford
Walt Whitman's seven-line poem titled "Cavalry Crossing a Ford" offers a simple, single unified image, much as a photograph of the same scene would offer.
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Whitman’s ‘I Hear America Singing’
Walt Whitman's tribute to America's ordinary laborers dramatizes the good cheer of the day laborers of 19th century America but also tips its hat to night time partiers.
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Yogananda's City Drum
The speaker in Yogananda's "City Drum" dramatizes the glory of simply waking up in the morning to the sounds of a city as it begins an ordinary yet miraculous day.
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American Artist Charles Sheeler
Sheeler's paintings and photographs display a clean, sharp style that would come to be called Precisionism.
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Arthur Dove
Painter and collage artist Arthur Dove is noted for being the one of the first Americans to create an abstract expressionist style.
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Baseball in American Letters
Baseball has often appeared as a symbol of American Life in many great novels and some really simple but wonderful poems.
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Car Games and Camp Songs
This week we have car games and camp songs to keep you amused on the way to the cottage and to sing around the fire.
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Coelho's Brida Given Bad-Sex Fiction Prize
If this is supposed to be one of our peak human spiritual experiences, why are so few fictional accounts of it enjoyable to read? How do authors ruin it?
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Did Palin Ban Books from Wasilla Library?
Did Sarah Palin attempt to ban books from the Wasilla Library? The Wasilla mayor office's reply should quash online rumors and discredit a widely circulated book list.
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Gramercy Park, New York
The story of Gramercy Park, a New York City landmark.This private park has been in existence since the middle of the 19th century
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Kris Delmhorst Review
5/5: In Strange Conversation, Kris Delmhorst reworks classic poems as folk songs, and in the process, creates her own artistic masterpiece.
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Paper Towns
With novels like Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' topping the charts, there's been a surge of teen romances flooding the market. Does 'Paper Towns' stand out?
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Poetry and Democracy
The study of poetry improves critical thinking, ecological and community awareness and connection, and provides people with spiritual resources to live their lives.
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Read the natural history classics
The internet brings classic works of nature writing as close as your fingertips. Living With Nature presents a recommended reading list.
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The Reclusive Emily Dickinson
A discussion of American poet Emily Dickinson's reclusive nature as a distraction from the what should be the reader's true focus on her life -- her poetry.
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National Poetry Month in the History Classroom
National Poetry Month encourages teachers to incorporate poetry into lesson plans and the history classroom is no exception, connecting poems with narrative study.
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Searching For The Amazing Internal Muse
Stimulate your inner frontal lobes: Experience the craft of writing or literature through a Suite 101 University Course today. Find your own poetical muse through the craft of writing.
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Eastern Ontario Tourism: Bon Echo Provincial Park
As the author has been travelling most of the month, the nature journal departs from the usual subject once again. This month's offering is a description of Bon Echo Provincial Park in Eastern Ontario.
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Fourth Estate Changes
With a multitude of news stories in the media that really ignite our inner beings the Fourth Estate Guardians (FEGs) are ready to pursue some more innovative discussions. This is the last in the series on "Who Owns What." There are links to the list of publicators and we hope you will utilize these as you write and submit your works!
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Who Owns What Publications, continued
When you write for an Editor you imagine them to be part of "the particular" magazine, trade journal, or newspaper you are submitting to. You don't imagine them as small kegs in a major publication system, but that may be exactly what they are.
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Who Owns What Publications?
The initial article in a series on the "Big Ten" conglomerates of the publication|media industry. Who Owns What? You might be surprised who you are writing to and who you are writing for.
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Doing Well in Astronomy Courses
Students who are not science majors often take beginning astronomy courses. By applying themselves, they can do well even if they are not good at science.
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Famous Descendants of Quaker Families
Quaker families produced many famous descendants, including politicians, artists and eight U.S. presidents.
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Getting Life In Perspective By Toby Johnson
There are very few novels in life that, once read, beg for a second sitting. Toby Johnson's 'Getting Life In Perspective', published by Lethe Press, is one such story.
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