Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
Research Logs:
- Read some of the reviews of Whitman's Leaves of Grass published
by Whitman's contemporaries; you can find a collection of essays at theWalt
Whitman Hypertext Archive. What were the main arguments reviewers raised
in attacking or defending the book? What do these arguments help you understand
about nineteenth century America?
- Read Whitman's "Democratic Vistas." Summarize the points
Whitman is making about American literature in that essay, and go on to
show how he uses "Leaves of Grass" to accomplish the goals he
sets forth in "Democratic Vistas."
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