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Walt Whitman Literature poetry

Finally, I Get It

January 7, 2014 by William Eaton

I confess that I never understood what Walt Whitman meant by “Leaves of Grass.” But, I finally get it. Or at least, I think I do.  If my interpretation of the accompanying image is somewhat accurate, then “leaves” are simply “pages,” as in pages of poetry. This might seem totally obvious for many learn’d people, but it just became apparent to me. Perhaps I should have been forced to read more Whitman in high school. But reading it now, on […]

Categories: ZiR • Tags: books, literature, poetry, reading, Walt Whitman, writing

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Thoreau Looms Up Bigger and Bigger

December 21, 2012 by William Eaton

Thoreau Looms Up Bigger and Bigger By William Eaton Review of Thoreau in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates, edited by Sandra Harbert Petrulionis (University of Iowa Press, 2012)   This volume put together by Professor Petrulionis, a Thoreau scholar, offers plenty of justification and anecdote for those who would continue the beatification of Thoreau, and for those who would revel in the wonders of what […]

Categories: Review • Tags: Emerson, Thoreau, Walt Whitman

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