Walt Whitman
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Volt Vitman (engl. Walt Whitman; Vest Hils, 31. maj 1819 — Nju Džerzi, 26. mart 1892), je bio američki pesnik.
U mladosti je živeo nemirnim životom menjajući mnoge poslove. Sam štampa svoje glavno delo, poznatu knjigu pesama Vlati trave, koja se posle pojavila u mnogim izdanjima, na mnogim jezicima. Piše joj predgovor, u kojem iznosi zahteve za novom američkom književnošću. Vlati trave je zbirka pesama u slobodnom stihu, koja na snažan način slavi individualizam Amerike, demokratiju i bratstvo među ljudima, te živo i ushićeno opisuje američki život, posebno Njujork. Delo je proglašeno nemoralnim zbog slobodne obrade polnog života, pa pesnik biva neshvaćen od savremenika. Međutim, moderna kritika ga smatra jednim od najvažnijih stvaralaca u istoriji američke književnosti.
Literatura[uredi | uredi kod]
- Callow, Philip. From Noon to Starry Night: A Life of Walt Whitman. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1992. ISBN 0-929587-95-2
- Kaplan, Justin. Walt Whitman: A Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. ISBN 0-671-22542-1
- Loving, Jerome. Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself. University of California Press, 1999. ISBN 0-520-22687-9
- Miller, James E., Jr. Walt Whitman. New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc. 1962
- Reynolds, David S. Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. ISBN 0-679-76709-6
- Stacy, Jason. Walt Whitman's Multitudes: Labor Reform and Persona in Whitman's Journalism and the First Leaves of Grass, 1840–1855. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4331-0383-4
Vanjskee veze[uredi | uredi kod]
- Volt Vitman — biografija i odabrane pesme
- Walt Whitman na Projektu Open Directory
- Walt Whitman: Online Resources at the Library of Congress
- The Walt Whitman Archive includes all editions of "Leaves of Grass" in page-images and transcription, as well as manuscripts, criticism, and biography
- Poets.org – Biography, related essays, poems, and reading guides from the Academy of American Poets
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online. Brooklyn Public Library. Arhivirano 2014-02-25 na Archive.is-u
- Walt Whitman collection, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.