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Walt Whitman (Biographical data - 1 (Printer's apprentice - school…
Walt Whitman
Biographical data - 1
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1819-1892, Long Island (Island near NY) - intersection between the sea/ocean - land
Works for the Federal Government in Washington during the CW --> fired: The Secretary finds out he wrote Lives of Grass --> immoral
Adores Opera, Shakespeare, Bible --> grand gestures. Everything has to be BIG
Civil War:after his brother is injured he goes to Washington to take care of him --> works as a nurse.
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Themes
democracy and equality --> Leaves of grass: every gras leaf is a person. In time: the book becomes bigger
future of American cities, common man and common woman,
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equality of body and soul (in that period, not ok body --> Victorian age) --> sexuality, he exposes everything
love, comradeship, brotherhood, DEEP feelings. He tries to touch the people there
Belief in regenerative and illustrative power of nature: born, grow, dies, rigenerate.
Poetic Techniques
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enumerations and catalogs: no subordination --> everything is at the same level. Subordination mean that something is more important than something else. Illustrates the simultaneity and diversity of American life!!
repetitions of symbols, images: bc we need to imagine and maybe we don't get it the first time
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Song of Myself
Romanticism: I -> recalls JJ Rousseau biography: I am going to write about the person I know better. As he gets older Song of Myself gets longer and longer (! always 52 sections - number of the year, and the week in a year --> circle of life)
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Use of language
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Technical words: sciences, (astronomy,...), business and professions, military, nautical
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