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1、--------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------LiteraryGiant:WaltWhitmanLiteraryGiant:WaltWhitmanWaltWhitmanisbothamajorpoetandanoutstandingpersonalityinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.Herosefromobscuritytomonumentalfame,co
2、mingtoberecognizedasanationalfigure.Hisachievementisgreat,althoughithasbeensometimesobscuredbyunfair,hostilecriticism—or,conversely,byextravagantpraise.Heisessentiallyapoet,thoughotheraspectsofhisachievement—asphilosopher,mystic,orcritic—havealsobeenstressed.WaltWhitmanwasborninWes
3、tHills,LongIsland,NewYorkonMay31,1819.Hisfather,Walter,wasalaborer,carpenter,andhousebuilder.Hismother,Louisa,wasadevoutQuaker.In1823,thefamilymovedtoBrooklyn,whereWalthadhisschooling(1825–30).From1830to1836heheldvariousjobs,someofthemonnewspapersinBrooklynandManhattan.From1836to18
4、41hewasaschoolteacherinLongIsland,despitethepaucityofhisowneducation.ThedivisionofWhitman’searlylifebetweentownandcountrylaterenabledhimtodepictbothenvironmentswithequalunderstandingandsympathy.HealsotraveledextensivelythroughoutAmerica,andsocouldappreciatethevariousregionsofthelan
5、d.6----------------------------------------------------精品文档值得收藏-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------精品文档Word可编辑值得收藏------------------------------------------------Between1841and1851Whitmaneditedvariousperiodicalsandn
6、ewspapers.Itwas,apparently,duringthisperiodthathebegantocomposethepoemswhichwerelaterpublishedasLeavesofGrass.In1862Walt’sbrotherGeorgewaswoundedintheCivilWar.WhenWhitmantraveledtoVirginiatovisithim,hesawlargenumbersofthewoundedinhospitals.TheCivilWarwasamajoreventinWhitman’scareer
7、,stirringbothhisimaginationandhissensibilityandmakinghimadresserofspiritualwoundsaswellasofphysicalonesasheworkedasavolunteerinhospitals.Lincoln’sassassination(1865)alsomovedWhitmandeeply,andseveralpoemsbeartestimonyofhisintensegrief.In1865WhitmanwasfiredfromhispostintheDepartmento
8、ftheInteriorinWashingtonbe
