411 Walt Whitman - A New Hope
The History of Literature
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Emerson's New Hope
Luke skywalker, the son of a carpenter, living in brooklyn, working as a printer and a hack novelist and a poet. Wrote his book of poems, including a preface to it, but mainly, the poems are what's important. And he sent it all to emerson, and emerson recognized it immediately. I greet you at the start of a great career, he said in return. Next time, we're going to dive into the whitman's story, including the leaves of grass, and just how whitman embodied the poetry.
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