Chapter 6美国文学.pptVIP

Chapter 6 Whitman. Dickinson Content The influence on and of Whitman Whitman’s literary contributions Compare and contrast Dickinson and Whitman Dickinson’s life and poems The influence on and of Whitman The preface to the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass is an elaboration of Emerson’s essay “The Poet.” It echoes Emerson’s “America is a poem in our eyes,” and is an Adamic song. E: American poet as the universal man W: the greatest poet breathes into the world the grandeur and life of the universe. Whitman, along with Emerson, sees the poet as taking over the job of a minister, a clergyman,