LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Immortality in Whitman’s Philosophy and Art

Julia Devardhi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Deepika Nelson, Ph.D.

Abstract

Walt Whitman gives us much insight into himself and others in his poetry, and gives his readers a great deal to think about. His poetry resounds with echoes of freedom and integrity. Whitman believed in the individual and felt that the inner strength of a human being could be utilized and manipulated into something meritorious. Whitman’s masterpiece “Leaves of Grass” is “the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed” in the words of Emerson.

Within each poem we find that Whitman portrays a heroic and national poet who can extract the essence of what he sees and experiences; who is a would-be mediator between the extremes and the contradictions that he beholds in his world, and who desires to become the inspired spokesman of his world and of his nation(Reynolds,2005). This paper attempts to explore the Immortality of Whitman’s Philosophy, Transcendentalism, Democracy, and Individualism as seen embedded in the democratic framework of his Art—his Poetry.

Key words: Whitman, Philosophy, Transcendentalism, Individualism, Democracy.

Introduction

Whitman’s poems sound as if Whitman is speaking through them directly to the reader.

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Julia Devardhi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
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Deepika Nelson, Ph.D.
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