... an expanding self and nation and cosmos in his affirmative song, he would begin cataloging mass death and horrifying wounds. For the poet ... into the dark heart of America. The visual component of his writings during and after the war, rooted in the new art form of photography, ...
sbaehr - 07/13/2021 - 14:01
... and lament, until he can no longer hold a pen. From “Song of Myself” to “When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom’d” and Democratic Vistas he will link his writings to the fate of his country; for in the years leading up to the war he ...
sbaehr - 07/13/2021 - 14:01