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"Walt Whitman je bez sumnje jedan od najvažnijih američkih pjesnika svih vremena. Za njegove Vlati trave Ralph Waldo Emerson je kazao da je riječ o najizvanrednijem i najmudrijem djelu koje je do tog doba uopće stvorio neki Amerikanac. Svjetska poezija poslije Whitmana definitivno više nije mogla ostati ista."
189 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1989
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Walt Whitman
1,814 books5,449 followersWalter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising Leaves of Grass until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at the age of 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He is America."
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising Leaves of Grass until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at the age of 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He is America."
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October 12, 2022
"Када је интелект у стању неодређености, када нам дође да "одемо и живимо са животињама, оне су тако спокојне и самозадовољне", када смо уморни од свијести и од амбиције, и када бисмо се предали на неко вријеме сну чулности, Волт Витмен је добродошао сапутник."
January 7, 2026
Baš mi je bilo dosadno čitati ovo i jedva sam čekala završiti. Ipak, znajući koliko se cijeni Walt Whitman, pronašla sam na internetu englesku verziju njegovih pjesama i, letimice ih čitajući, već sam dobila drugačiji dojam - pozitivan, tako da Walt Whitman wait for me again. Moj zaključak je da se neka djela ne mogu doživjeti u pravom obimu i punom sjaju onda kada su prevedena sa originalnog jezika.
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