LEAVES OF GRASS
Author | : WALT WHITMAN |
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Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1892 |
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Author | : WALT WHITMAN |
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Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1892 |
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Author | : Walt Whitman |
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Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1872 |
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Author | : Walt Whitman |
Publisher | : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media |
Total Pages | : 151 |
Release | : 2023-12-12 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1722525010 |
ONE OF THE CENTRAL WORKS OF AMERICAN POETRY First published in 1855, this poetry collection by American poet, Walt Whitman is a celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity, and spans the human element from the perspective of both the mind and the body. Instead of focusing on religion or spirituality, Leaves of Grass focuses mainly on celebrating the body, exalting nature, praising the senses, and the material world. He was greatly influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement. The writing, which was highly controversial and condemned as immoral due to its explicit sexual imagery, is with the exception of one poem, an innovative free style verse which does not rhyme or follow the standard rules for meter and line length. This collection of loosely-connected poems was a work in progress through over four decades. When Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass at his own expense, it was a volume of only twelve poems. He spent most of his life writing and rewriting the book until at the end, after four decades, he published the final version containing over 400 poems only weeks before he died in 1892. In what is regarded by many scholars, to be a completely "do-it-yourself" project, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and is recognized today as one of the central works of American poetry. Many movements have used Whitman's work throughout the years as a means to further social and political change.
Author | : Walt Whitman |
Publisher | : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2024-03-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1722525053 |
One of the Greatest Poems in American Literature Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was considered by many to be one of the most important American poets of all time. He had a profound influence on all those who came after him. “Song of Myself”, a portion of Whitman’s monumental poetry collection “Leaves of Grass”, is one of his most beloved poems. It was through this moving piece that Whitman first made himself known to the world. One of the most acclaimed of all American poems, it is written in Whitman’s signature free verse style, without a regular form, meter, or rhythm. His lines have a mesmerizing chant-like quality, as he sought to make poetry more appealing. Few poems are as fun to read aloud as this one. Considered to be the core of his poetic vision, this poem is an optimistic and inspirational look at the world in 1855. It is exhilarating, epic, and fresh in its brilliant and fascinating diction and wordplay as it tries to capture the unique meaning of words of the day, while also embracing the rapidly evolving vocabularies of the sciences and the streets. Far ahead of its time, it was considered by many social conservatives to be scandalous and obscene for its depiction of sexuality and desire, while at the same time, critics hailed the poem as a modern masterpiece. This first version of “Song of Myself” is far superior to the later versions and will delight readers with the playfulness of its diction as it glorifies the self, body, and soul. “I am large, I contain multitudes,”
Author | : Walt Whitman |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000-11-28 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0679783423 |
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many other editions of Leaves of Grass, which reproduce various short, early versions, this Modern Library Paperback Classics "Death-bed" edition presents everything Whitman wrote in its final form, and includes newly commissioned notes.
Author | : Matt Sedillo |
Publisher | : Flowersong Books |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2019-12-22 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781733809290 |
"Matt Sedillo's poetic work is full of history, struggle, tragedy, anger, joy, despair, possibility and faith inthe struggles of working class people to overcome the forces of capitalism and racism. If PatriceLumumba, Rosa Luxembourg, Emiliano Zapata and Ella Baker were alive today, they would all be readingand sharing Matt Sedillo's work with their comrades in service of organizing the next revolution. He istruly the poet laureate of struggle." - Paul Ortiz, Author of Emancipation Betrayed and Director of theSamuel Proctor Oral History Program
Author | : Walt Whitman |
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Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1953 |
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Author | : C. K. Williams |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-01-31 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0691176108 |
In this book, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the mass of biography and literary criticism that has accumulated around Walt Whitman and attempts to go back to Leaves of Grass as he first encountered it—to explore why Whitman's epic "continues to inspire and sometimes daunt" him. The result is a personal reassessment and appreciation of one master poet by another, as well as an unconventional and brilliant introduction to Whitman. Beautifully written and rich with insight, this is a book that refreshes our ability to see Whitman in all his power.
Author | : Walt Whitman |
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Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : American poetry |
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Author | : Walt Whitman |
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Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : American poetry |
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