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Who is Walt Whitman from How to Read and Why and what is their importance?
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Walt Whitman is an American poet. He lived from 1819 to 1892. Whitman is credited with articulating the American voice, and he was strongly influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson. According to Bloom, Walt Whitman's self is divided into three parts, the 'rough', the Me Myself and My Soul.
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