by Whitman · Cluster: Nationalism and Patriotism · Democracy · Liberty Political Freedom
Abstract
Brief credo praising nothing in art until it has inhaled the atmosphere of the Missouri and western prairie; nationalism, nature, and the artist’s American grounding.
Connections
Motifs: River, Nature Themes & Concepts: Nationalism and Patriotism, Artist and Society, Nature vs Civilization
Testo integrale / Full text
Cluster: AUTUMN RIVULETS
Others may praise what they like; But I, from the banks of the running Missouri, praise nothing in art or aught else, Till it has well inhaled the atmosphere of this river, also the western prairie-scent, And exudes it all again.