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1、WaltWhitman(1819-1892)Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,ForeveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyouExcerptfromSongofMyselfLifeBorn:31May1819Birthplace:LongIsland,NewYork.Died:26March1892Borninaworking-classfamily,sonofacarpenterAtfour,familymovedtoBrooklyn,NewYorkAtte
2、ndedpublicschoolApprenticedtoaprinterReturnedtoLongIslandin1835andtaughtincountryschoolsEditedanewspaper,theLong-Islander,inHuntingtonBacktoNewYorkCitytoworkasaprinterandjournalistExperiencedvariousjobsBeganwritinganewkindofpoetry(freeverse)Whitman'sdemocraticideals&individualismAmerica’sfirst
3、“poetofdemocracy”Whitman'sdemocraticideasgovernhispoetry-writing.Inhisfamouspoetry,openness,freedom,andaboveall,individualism(thebeliefthattherightsandfreedomofindividualpeoplearemostimportant)areallthatconcernedhim.Whitmanbringsthehard-workingfarmersandlaborersintoAmericanliterature,attackthe
4、slaverysystemandracialdiscrimination.ThethemesinWhitman'spoetryfilledwithoptimisticexpectationandenthusiasmaboutnewthingsandnewepoch.Thewholehard-workingpeopleTheburgeoninglifeofcities.Thefastgrowthofindustryandwealthincities2.IndividualvaluePursuitofloveandhappinessSexualloveTheindividualpers
5、onandhisdesiresmustberespected.America’sfirst“poetofdemocracy”WaltWhitmanwasanAmericanpoet,essayist,journalist,andhumanist.Proclaimedthe"greatestofallAmericanpoets"bymanyforeignobserversamerefouryearsafterhisdeath.HisLeavesofGrasshasalwaysbeenconsideredamonumentalwork.Itcommandsgreatattentionb
6、ecauseofitsuniquelypoeticembodimentofAmericandemocraticideals.Heisthepoetofthecommonpeopleandtheprophetandsingerofdemocracy.InfluenceInfluencesthe20thcenturyworldliterature:Hisworksispartofwesternculture/manypoetsinFrance,Italy,England,andLatinAmericaareinhisdebt.HispoetryalsoinfluencesmodernA
7、mericanpoetssuchasPound,T.S.Eliot,HartCrane,CarlSandburg.Thefirstpersonnarrator:“I”thesubjectinthepoem,“you”thereaderInvitesustoparticipateintheprocessofsympatheticidentification.Style:freeverseImportantFeaturesinWhitman’sPoemsNofixedrh
