This paper will examine the writings of Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass-, John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity- and Thomas Jefferson's "First Inaugural Address & Autocracy and Liberty- (Bellah 44, 22, 27). The conclusion will address my thoughts on Walt Whitman's "Leave of Grass-. ... The writings of Walt Whitman express a democratic poet in relation to government, John Winthrop focuses more on the religious aspect of humanity and government while Thomas Jefferson incorporates the two together. ... In conclusion, I agree with Whitman's beliefs? ... W...

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Matthiessen's American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman, written in 1941. Matthiessen was influential in determining the canon of American writers from this period: Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman. ... Walt Whitman Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself," from "Leaves of Grass" is often considered the most stunningly original poem ever written by an American. ...

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Many aspiring authors, such as Poe, Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson, found notoriety with their writings. ... Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Edgar Allen Poe became well-known advocates of Romantic ideals. ...

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