The purpose of my essay was to bring together the lyrical world of Walt Whitman and the visual world of the Hudson River School. Both Whitman and the painters in the Hudson River School worked in the early-to-mid-eighteen-hundreds, and both created works that captured the hearts of America. The poems that I mainly focused on […]
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Walt Whitman and The Hudson River School
Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice, Be not dishearten’d, affection shall solve the problems of freedom yet, Those who love each other shall become invincible, They shall yet make Columbia Victorious” Walt Whitman The idea that poetry, or even consciousness, can set one free of the ruins of history and culture is the grand […]
Final Project Presentation: Photo Essay
“No man has been photographed more than I have” (Walt Whitman). According to Ed Folsom in his article, Photographs and Photographers, Walt Whitman was “the most photographed writer of the nineteenth century,” with over 130 portraits taken during his lifetime. Photography, then, was a crucial and integral piece of Whitman’s life, capturing his journey from […]
Whitman: Popular vs the Literary
Visionary, prophet, tyrant, racist, bigot. It is perhaps sufficient in saying that no other poet can hold as many of those modifiers as Walt Whitman. From scholars and poets ranging in ethnic background and sexual orientation, the response to Whitman has been incredibly varied. Many see his work as a stepping stone for future generations, […]
The Decay of Walt Whitman’s World: A Photo Essay
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts” (Rachel Carson). Born in 1819 and dying in 1892, Walt Whitman’s life spanned much of the ever-changing socio-cultural climate of the 19th century. Witnessing the soar of Industrialism in America and, perhaps more impactful, the […]
Final Project Proposal: Photo Essay
“No man has been photographed more than I have” (Walt Whitman). According to Ed Folsom in his article, Photographs and Photographers, Walt Whitman was “the most photographed writer of the nineteenth century,” with over 130 portraits taken during his lifetime. Photography, then, was a crucial and integral piece of Whitman’s life, capturing his journey from […]