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13 hours ago · Walter Whitman Jr. ( / ˈhwɪtmən /; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. [1]
- Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt...
- Peter Doyle
Peter George Doyle (June 1843 – April 19, 1907) was an...
- Walt Whitman House
The Walt Whitman House is a historic building in Camden, New...
- Mary Berenson
Mary Berenson (née Smith) ghost writer?, an 1885...
- Walt Whitman (Disambiguation)
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) was an American poet, essayist and...
- Free Verse
Vers libre is a free-verse poetic form of flexibility,...
- Leaves of Grass
1 day ago · Also popular were poets following some other poetic trends, e.g. Vladimir Aristov and Ivan Zhdanov from Poetry Club and Konstantin Kedrov and Elena Katsuba from DOOS, Yuri Arabov, Alexei Parshchikov and others, representatives of the 1970–80s Metarealism, who all used complex metaphors
1 day ago · Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet.
5 days ago · German literature. Western literature, history of literatures in the languages of the Indo-European family, along with a small number of other languages whose cultures became closely associated with the West, from ancient times to the present. Diverse as they are, European literatures, like European languages, are parts of a common heritage.
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5 days ago · Henry James was a key transitional figure between literary realism and Modernism. James was interested in human behaviour and the inner workings of the mind.
- Leon Edel
- Who was Henry James?Henry James was an American novelist and critic. During his lifetime he wrote 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays in addition to several volumes of...
- Where did Henry James grow up?Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, in New York City. James was a well-traveled youth. As a teenager, he visited Geneva, Paris, and London. Jus...
- When did Henry James become a writer?Henry James’s first short story, “A Tragedy of Error,” was published anonymously in The Continental Monthly in 1864. Shortly thereafter James befri...
- What are some of Henry James’s most famous works?Henry James was one of the most prolific writers of the 19th century. His most famous works included The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians...
- How did Henry James die?Henry James spent the last several years of his life in Great Britain. In protest of U.S. neutrality in World War I, James resigned his U.S. citize...
5 days ago · The term ‘English literature’ refers to the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles from the 7th century to the present, ranging from drama, poetry, and fiction to autobiography and historical writing. Landmark writers range from William Shakespeare and Arundhati Roy to Jane Austen and Kazuo Ishiguro.
3 days ago · 1775-1828: The Early National Period. 1828-1865: The Romantic Period (Also known as: The American Renaissance or The Age of Transcendentalism) 1865-1900: The Realistic Period. 1900-1914: The Naturalistic Period. 1914-1939: American Modernist Period. 1920s: Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance. 1920s, 1930s: The "Lost Generation"
