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III.6. Walt Whitman The Focus of Study : Life Experience Literary Career Point of View Writing Style Major works Significance Walt Whitman Epitome of Emerson’s “American Scholar”. The boldest and most unrestrained bard of the American people. Pioneer of modern American poetry. A philosopher, mystic, and critic. Life Experience 1819, born in Long island, NY, a farmer’s family. 1830, received little schooling, worked temporarily as an office boy, apprentice, printer and country school teacher. 1840-41, published essays and short stories in Democratic papers. 1841-45, reporter, edi