Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman (1988)

Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary example gave American verse much of its subsequent character and diction. Rejecting traditional constraints of form and subject matter, Whitman considered democracy itself appropriate grist for his own poetic mill, inventing a radically different sort of free verse to express what he had to say.

Released Jan. 1, 1988 57 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Annenberg Media

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English