美国文学史及作品选读PPT5.pptVIP

General Introduction to Whitman and Dickinson * Lecture 5 American Romanticism and New England Literature: Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman ( 1819-1892) Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Differences (P96) Sameness (P88) (Walt Whitman) (Emily Dickinson) ● Thematically, extolled an emergent America, its expansion, its individualism, and its Americanness, part of “American Renaissance”. ● Two major poets in late 19th century. ● Technically, added to literary independence, pioneers of modern American poetry. back ● In outlook, Whitman is “national” while Dickinson is “regional”. ●