In the midst of a crisis of democracy, we have much to learn from Walt Whitman\'s journey toward egalitarian selfhood.
He finds in the poem the genesis and development of a democratic spirit, for.
Esteemed cultural and literary thinker Mark Edmundson offers a bold reading of the 1855 poem, included here in its entirety.
Most of that knowledge is concentrated in one stunning poem, Song of Myself .
Walt Whitman knew a great deal about Democracy that we don\'t.
In the midst of a crisis of democracy, we have much to learn from Walt Whitman\'s journey toward egalitarian selfhood