沃尔特·惠特曼作为一位文坛大师蜚声世界诗坛已有一百多年的历史,其诗歌遗产为不同政治色彩的人们所共享。批评界对诗人的评价贬褒参半,尤其对他的性主题诗歌的抨击异常激烈。今天的读者可以从惠特曼的诗美学和性价值观两个视角全新评价其诗歌审美价值和超验主义意识。 Walt Whitman, as a master of literary world has a history of more than 100 years in the world of poetry, whose poetic legacy is shared by people of different political backgrounds. Critical critics of the poet’s evaluation derogatory and mixed, especially the criticism of his sexual theme poetry is extremely fierce. Today’s readers can appraise the aesthetic value and transcendentalism awareness of poetry from two perspectives: Whitman’s poetry aesthetics and sexual values.