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Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Databank

• The Classroom Electric: Dickinson, Whitman and the American Culture (This site provides a lot of information on these two main poets in the American history, even with further information and relevant links.)
• Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and the Civil War  (Want to see more links of Civil war? Here are some:  The Civil War Resources,  The History Place, a site with the Chronology and relevant photos of the places and people on the page as well & to see more photographs see Civil War Photographs
• About Walt Whitman
• Walt Whitman, Civil War and Other Writings About the War

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Biography

• A Shorter Version of Walt Whitman's Biography (Word File Version)
• A Longer Version of Walt Whitman's Biography   (Word File Version)
• Emily Dickison's Biography (Word File Version 1& 2)
• Video Clips on Emily Dickinson and Whitman 1, 2 and 3 The first clip is a brief introduction on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, as well as her as a person, while the second one is about her as a poet, and the poetry of she wrote, included with the criticism and analysis of others in the 20th century. The third is one on Walt Whitman, the critical words upon his ideas on sex and the comradeship between men to men.l

Walt Whitman and Emerson

• Foregrounds and Apprenticeships of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman
• Foregrounds and Apprenticeships: Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson (Word File Version)

Walt Whitman and The Civil War

• Walt Whitman and the Civil War Hospital A great site with a lot of information about how Walt Whitman writes about the Civil War, with some of the analysis of poems in his Drum Taps (Word File Version)

Emily Dickinson's Study Materials

• Emily Dickinson Information A resourceful site about Emily Dickinson, with study questions, relevant secondary bibliography and her poetry as well as photographs
• General Guidelines on Reading Emily Dickinson's Poetry (Word File Version)
• Emily Dickison Electronic Archives A site with many articles about Emily Dickinson, relative secondary resources and digital information
• Common Questions on Emily Dickinson   (Word File Version)

Dickinson's Poem Materials on Love, Nature and Death

• The Style of Emily Dickinson's Poetry This site has more than that however, with a general overview of Emily Dickinson's Life, Poems, the author's approach to Dickinson and Themes in her Poems)
• Emily Dickinson: Continuing Enigma A site with many references on Emily Dickinson, including the criticism on her work, copies of her poems, her photographs, a list of relevant information on Emily Dickinson and other information

PowerPoint and Word Files Databank

• Walt Whitman 1: A resourceful on the poetry of Whitman, especially focusing on Song of Myself, and the slavery revealed in his poems, with pictures included.
• Walt Whitman 2: A file created by the students, focusing on the form and language used by Whitman, with many quotes included for useful reference.
• Whitman's Biography A brief biography of Walt Whitman's life, included with the publication of his works of Leaves of Grass, his Civil War years, and his publication of Drum Taps. The longer one? Click here.
• Whitman's Poetry: A file with a couple extra poems written by Whitman that had not been discussed in class, but also considered of importance for Walt Whitman.
• Emily Dickinson Discussion Questions As listed, it is a file with parts of the poems Emily Dickinson wrote with guided questions to think about.
• Emily Dickinson Handouts 1and 2 Two word files, with a well comprehensive materials of  introduction to Dickinson's fascicles and some of the analysis of her poetry.
• Emily Dickinson PowerPoint File 1: A resourceful file on Emily Dickinson, including the relationship she has between Thomas Higginson, the Victorian death culture revealed in her poetry, as well as the common questions people ask on her. 
• Emily Dickinson PowerPoint File 2: Introduction to some of the poetry by Emily Dickinson, along with analysis.