Walt Whitman

"Walt Whitman” is presented by Professor James A. W. Heffernan of Dartmouth College as part of the course “Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition, 2nd Edition.” We are sending you this lecture to note the 150th anniversary of the landmark publication of “Leaves of Grass.” We offer free lectures to our customers at various times throughout the year as part of our goal to provide a lifelong learning experience.

James A. W. Heffernan (Ph.D., Princeton University) is Emeritus Professor of English at Dartmouth College, where he was also Frederick Sessions Beebe '35 Professor in the Art of Writing. Dr. Heffernan chaired the Dartmouth English Department from 1978 to 1981 and taught a range of courses including European Romanticism, English Romantic poetry, methods of literary criticism, and the 19th-Century English novel. For many years he also taught a senior seminar on Joyce’s Ulysses that was regularly oversubscribed. He is author of several books and more than 50 articles.

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