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Dartmouth College

The American Renaissance and Walt Whitman

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This course explores Whitman's working class context and explains why Whitman turned into a poet from a printer. You will also learn about Whitman’s free verse within the context of the post-Jacksonian American society. You will realize why Whitman revised some of his writings.

Syllabus

  • Walt Whitman: An Introduction
    • This module explores Whitman's working class context and explain why Whitman turned into a poet from a printer.
  • Walt Whitman: The Printer and the Revisionist
    • This module explores Whitman’s free verse within the context of the post-Jacksonian American society. It also discusses why Whitman revised some of his writings.

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James Dobson and Donald Pease

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