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...Wilder added, however, that this very abstraction is America's hope for a great body of literature. "The author must tell what be knows," he said, "and not concern himself with the repercussions...
Abstraction in America, Wilder said, is in sharp contrast to the strong tradition of Europe. "Everything is in front of us," he went on, "While it is somehow under the European. We do not really believe in the cultural past...
...according to Wilder, the dam broke inside of Whitman, and he found his self-assurance...
...then that Whitman took on the "image of the wandering bard," which he followed conscientiously for the rest of his life. Wilder remarked with a smile that one could feel comfortable reading Whitman only when wearing long beard. "Whitman is the basis for his own flamboyant poetry," he said...
...Wilder commented that Whitman's intense desire to intrude himself into his poetry was one reaction to the American loneliness. "He had a longing to roll, rock and reel with humanity...