Websites
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A digital museum exhibit put together by the Library of Congress, including photographs and manuscripts.
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The foundation website on Whitman includes a wide selection of poems and, better yet, podcasts about Whitman during the Civil War, as well as a segment called "Was Whitman Really Gay." Also, a number of interesting articles can be found here.
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An online exhibit on Whitman from the National Portrait Gallery.
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The best website on Whitman that we he have found so far: you can find e-texts of all of the separate editions of Leaves of Grass here, as well as letters and criticism. Make this your first stop.
Audio
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Videos
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Images
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A photograph of Whitman (the guy with the beard) and his friend Peter Doyle from 1865, the year this poem was written. Nice hats, boys.
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The title page of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, in which "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" first appeared.
Books
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This book is called a "cultural biography" because it attempts to give a history of Whitman through the culture to which he belonged. That culture was defined by political oratory, a vibrant theatrical culture, and an emerging popular interest in science, among other things.
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Bet you'd never thought you'd see an illustrated children's book here, did you? That poor kid on the cover looks so unhappy. Is that a rocket in his pocket? Yes, yes it is.