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The man who sang America: Whitman died 100 years ago. (Walt Whitman)

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From: The Economist (US)
Date: 19920411
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The 100th anniversary of poet Walt Whitman's death allows Americans to reflect on his status as perhaps the nation's national poet. Though scorned by many of his more traditional contemporaries, his verse perhaps expressed the spirit of the New World America represented better than any other.

OF ALL Americans, Walt Whitman has the strongest claim to be called his country's national poet. He himself rather thought the title was his by right. Most of his countrymen, on the other hand, thought at the time of his death, just 100 year ago, that he was merely a scandalous bohemian. Even ...

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