Tag: "Walt Whitman"

SIUE professor compares famous writer’s early work to internet bloggers

SIUE professor compares famous writer’s early work to internet bloggers

Americans may have been blogging, perhaps a century before the invention of the internet.
SIUE History professor Jason Stacy made a presentation on Walt Whitman in December. Stacy said Whitman's writing as a journalist is similar to the writing style of today's bloggers. (File photo)
According to SIUE history professor Jason Stacy, journalists of small daily and weekly […]

Stacy explores Whitman's journalism career in sabbatical research

Stacy explores Whitman’s journalism career in sabbatical research

History professor Jason Stacy presented sabbatical research last week on Walt Whitman’s journalism career from before the first publication of “Leaves of Grass” in 1855.
Photo courtesy of Jason Stacy
Whitman’s journalism career began in the early 1840s and as it progressed, Stacy said Whitman began to develop a writing style of “scenes and peeps” that took […]

History professor begins collaborative research with Walt Whitman Archive

History professor begins collaborative research with Walt Whitman Archive

Dr. Jason Stacy
History professor Jason Stacy began collaboration with the Walt Whitman Archive last month to help students and professors alike “study how Walt Whitman became Walt Whitman.”
Before Whitman became known for his writing style and prose, he put pen to paper as a journalist for more than a decade. Stacy is in the first […]

Stacy receives NEH grant for Whitman research

Stacy receives NEH grant for Whitman research

Dr. Jason Stacy
Associate Professor of U.S. History Dr. Jason Stacy will be part of a 3-year $330,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Stacy is receiving a $41,000 subcontract from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which received the grant, and he will be collaborating with Dr. Kenneth Price.
The grant starts in August 2013, […]

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