{"id":252,"date":"2020-01-07T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T16:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:44:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The exhibition commemorates the bicentenary of the greatest American poet of the 19th century. Born May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman wrote poetry that served as a bridge between the Transcendentalist poets of his time and the more realistic poetry that emerged in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Civil War, Whitman moved to Washington, D.C., and volunteered as a Union nurse. His volunteer work inspired him to return to poetry, publishing&nbsp;<em>Drum-Taps<\/em>, a collection that bore witness to the violence of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition examines Whitman\u2019s life and work in the context of the era in which he lived, exploring his influence on other writers as well as American life and culture. Among the works on display are first and early editions of Whitman\u2019s books, writings by his contemporaries and associates, fine press editions of his work, and work by authors who bear witness to his lasting legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Whitman\u2014often called \u201cthe father of free verse\u201d\u2014is considered one of the world\u2019s most influential poets. His masterpiece&nbsp;<em>Leaves of Grass<\/em>&nbsp;is a landmark in the history of American literature.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/whitman-web-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for exhibition featuring an engraving of Walt Whitman\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/whitman-web-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/whitman-web-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/whitman-web-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/whitman-web-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2020\/10\/whitman-web.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibition curated by Timothy D. Murray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition commemorates the bicentenary of the greatest American poet of the 19th century. Born May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman wrote poetry that served as a bridge between the Transcendentalist poets of his time and the more realistic poetry that emerged in the 20th century. During the Civil War, Whitman moved to Washington, D.C., and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-exhibition-home.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-252","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/whitman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}