Another Look at America's Poet

Celebrate Poe

English - July 02, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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This episode is about the many facets of America’s Poet - Walt Whitman. George attempts to take a deep dive (as much as possible in a single podcast episode) into the personal life of Walt Whitman, fully knowing that millions of words have been written about him.

Learn about the time that Whitman met Poe.Learn a VERY embarrassing (but hopefully enlightening) story about George.Learn about MAJOR differences between different editions of Leaves of Grass,Learn why the Calamus poems were so controversial.Learn about the time that Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde met.Learn how Rufus Griswold (yes, THAT Griswold) trashed Whitman.Learn how Whitman was considered undesirable and shocking for “decent ears.”Learn how lawyers of the time considered Whitman a homosexual because he never smoked, and did not enjoy war.

00:00 Introduction
01:54 Whitman and Poe
07:22 “Shame” around the campfire
09:01 Whitman’s life
12:31 Comparison of versions from Leaves of Grass
16:53 Civil War and Beat! Beat! Drums!
18:40 O Captain, My Captain
21:04 from Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
22:14 Calamus poems
29:13 Reflections on public perceptions
30:49 Walt Whitman’s Anomaly
34:16 Whitman and intimate relationships?
36:01 Rufus Griswold’s opinions
38:30 Meeting of Wilde and Whitman
40:41 Conclusion
44:20 Future Episodes
44:52 Sources
45:54 Outro