Resources on this page include Whitman's own comments on "Leaves of Grass," how Leaves of Grass changed contemporary poetry, a literary analysis of "Song of Myself," and a brief biography of Walt Whitman. Site maintained by California State University, Stanislaus.

Biographical information that mentions Whitman's interest in the Civil War and how the war affected his writing. Site maintained by The Academy of American Poets.

The Library of Congress Ameican Memory collection hosts these recovered notebooks.

This site dedicated to Walt Whitman was prepared and compiled by Ed Folsom, Cary Nelson, and Trish Loughran. Site maintained by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Searchable text of Whitman's masterpiece of American poetry. Site maintained by Princeton University.

A brief summary and commentary on the Walt Whitman poem, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." Site maintained by New York University.

In his book 'Studies in Classic American Literature,' D.H. Lawrence provides his thoughts and opinions on American Literature and author Walt Whitman. Site maintained by the University of Virginia.

This web site examines major themes, historical perspectives, and personal issues surrounding Whitman's work and how to incorporate these elements into the curriculum. Site maintained by Georgetown University.

View a Library of Congress web cast of a dramatic reading of Walt Whitman's historic lecture on the "Death of Lincoln." The lecture is read by Daniel Mark Epstein, author of "Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington."

Exploration of an exchange of letters between the two writers; part of a larger site designed to introduce students to the literary environment in which Whitman and Emily Dickinson learned to write. Hosted at the University of Virginia.

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