Dickinson vs whitman3

American Masters- Whitman and Dickinson

By Amanda.Otto

  • Walt Whitman's birth

    Walt Whitman's birth
    Walt Whitman is born in Long Island, New York

  • Dickicnson's Birth

    Dickicnson's Birth
    Emily Dickinson is born in Amherst, Massachusetts

  • The year of 1855 for Dickinson and Whitman

    The year of 1855 for Dickinson and Whitman
    Walt Whitman publishes first edition of Leaves of Grass; Emily Dickinson visits Philadelphia and Washington, perhaps meeting a married clergyman whom she has fallen in love with. (Late winter)