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【American Literature】

《week 15》

《Walt Whitman》

Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. He is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.

《When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d》

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d is a long poem in the form of an elegy written by American poet Walt Whitman in 1865. It is a 206-line poem written in free verse and employing many of the devices and conceits of the pastoral elegy. This poem was written in the Summer of 1864 during a period a period of profound national mourning in the aftermath of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on 14 April 1865.

Poem → http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174748

《Emily Dickinson》

Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson was an American poet. She is now almost universally considered to be one of the most important American poets.

《I’m Nobody! Who are you?》

I’m Nobody! Who are you?: I’m Nobody! Who are you? is a short story lyrics poem by Emily Dickinson first published in 1891 in Poems, Series 2. It is one of Dickinson’s popular poems.

I’m Nobody! Who are you?

Are you – Nobody – too?

Then there’s a pair of us!

Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!

How dreary – to be – Somebody!

How public – like a Frog –

To tell one’s name – the livelong June –

To an admiring Bog!

《The Adventure of Tom Sawyer》

The Adventure of Tom Sawyer: The Adventure of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River; the story is set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, inspired by Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived.