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Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
American writer. His work emphasized the worth of the individual and the oneness of all humanity and became a major influence in American literature. Whitman Links

Wharton, Edith (1862-1937)
American writer. The Pulitzer Prize winner who revealed the contradictions of a Victorian-era. Wharton Links

Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797)
British writer. It is only in the 20th-Century, and especially in the recent decades, that Wollstenecraft's Vindication has been recognized as a classic. Wollstonecraft Links

Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)
British writer. Her style is characterized by stream of consciousness, with an intensely poetic style. Virginia Woolf Links

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)
British Writer. One of the most accomplished and influential of England's Romantic poets, whose theories and style created a new tradition in poetry. Wordsworth Links

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