The Portable Walt Whitman

Author : Walt Whitman,Malcolm Cowley
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0517478595

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The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman,Malcolm Cowley Pdf

When Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass in 1855 it was a slim volume of twelve poems and he was a journalist and poet from Long Island, little-known but full of ambition and poetic fire. To give a new voice to the new nation shaken by civil war, he spent his entire life revising and adding to the work, but his initial act of bravado in answering Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for a national poet has made Whitman the quintessential American writer. This rich cross-section of his work includes poems from throughout Whitman's lifetime as published on his deathbed edition of 1891, short stories, his prefaces to the many editions of Leaves of Grass, and a variety of prose selections, including Democratic Vistas, Specimen Days, and Slang in America.

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0142437689

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The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman Pdf

A comprehensive collection of Whitman's most beloved works of poetry, prose, and short stories When Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass in 1855 it was a slim volume of twelve poems and he was a journalist and poet from Long Island, little-known but full of ambition and poetic fire. To give a new voice to the new nation shaken by civil war, he spent his entire life revising and adding to the work, but his initial act of bravado in answering Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for a national poet has made Whitman the quintessential American writer. This rich cross-section of his work includes poems from throughout Whitman's lifetime as published on his deathbed edition of 1891, short stories, his prefaces to the many editions of Leaves of Grass, and a variety of prose selections, including Democratic Vistas, Specimen Days, and Slang in America. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Walt Whitman,Mark Van Doren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:802160112

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The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman,Mark Van Doren Pdf

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : American literature
ISBN : LCCN:85013618

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The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman Pdf

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780486113173

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Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Pdf

It was with this first version of "Song of Myself," from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, that Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers of revised editions will find this version surprising, and often superior.

Author : C. K. Williams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400834334

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On Whitman by C. K. Williams Pdf

Pulitzer Prize–winning poet C. K. Williams's personal reflection on the art of Walt Whitman 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
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015089212420

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002415170D

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781722525057

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Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Pdf

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 : Tin House Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781935639794

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Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Pdf

Whitman's most beloved poem, "Song of Myself," illustrated, illuminated, and presented like never before. Walt Whitman’s iconic collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, has earned a reputation as a sacred American text. Whitman himself made such comparisons, going so far as to use biblical verse as a model for his own. So it’s only appropriate that artist and illustrator Allen Crawford has chosen to illuminate—like medieval monks with their own holy scriptures—Whitman’s masterpiece and the core of his poetic vision, “Song of Myself.” Crawford has turned the original sixty-page poem from Whitman’s 1855 edition into a sprawling 234-page work of art. The handwritten text and illustrations intermingle in a way that’s both surprising and wholly in tune with the spirit of the poem—they’re exuberant, rough, and wild. Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself is a sensational reading experience, an artifact in its own right, and a masterful tribute to the Good Gray Poet.

Author : William C. Spengemann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : American poetry
ISBN : UOM:39076002912355

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Three American Poets by William C. Spengemann Pdf

Describes the different sorts of poetry Whitman, Dickinson, and Melville wrote, their comparable reasons for writing, and the posthumous critical effects of their having done so.

Author : Michael Warner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1322845123

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Portable Walt Whitman by Michael Warner Pdf

Author : Walt Whitman,Brian Selznick
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781683354536

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Live Oak, with Moss by Walt Whitman,Brian Selznick Pdf

“Reading this book, what becomes eminently clear is that Selznick is laying the groundwork for GLBTQIA+ literary history . . . as it pertains to Whitman.” —School Library Journal As he was turning forty, Walt Whitman wrote twelve poems in a small handmade book he entitled “Live Oak, With Moss.” The poems were intensely private reflections on his attraction to and affection for other men. They were also Whitman’s most adventurous explorations of the theme of same-sex love, composed decades before the word “homosexual” came into use. This revolutionary, extraordinarily beautiful and passionate cluster of poems was never published by Whitman and has remained unknown to the general public—until now. New York Times–bestselling and Caldecott Award–winning illustrator Brian Selznick offers a provocative visual narrative of “Live Oak, With Moss,” and Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener reconstructs the story of the poetic cluster’s creation and destruction. Walt Whitman’s reassembled, reinterpreted Live Oak, With Moss serves as a source of inspiration and a cause for celebration. “In harmony, the art, the poems, and [Karbiener’s] analysis all honor while illuminating Whitman’s work and make it more accessible to contemporary readers.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195183429

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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf

So begins Leaves of Grass, the first great American poem and indeed, to this day, the greatest and most essentially American poem in all our national literature.

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Obvious State
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1633300072

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Somewhere Waiting by Walt Whitman Pdf

Walt Whitman's visionary manifesto, visually reimagined Carefully culled to about one third of its original length, this version provides the perfect introduction to Whitman's most expansive and audacious poem. Combined with 27 illustrations, the book explores Whitman's own exuberant, witty, playful, transcendent theory of everything, beginning with "a spear of summer grass." Only moderately well-recognized in his time, Whitman is now regarded as the first and possibly greatest of American poets. As Harold Bloom said, "Walt Whitman is your imaginative father and mother, even if, like myself, you have never composed a line of verse." Printed on beautiful matte paper, this petite gift book is perfect for poetry and art lovers alike.The Obvious State Classics Collection is an evolving series of visually reimagined beloved works that speaks to contemporary readers. The pocket-sized, collectable editions feature the selected works of celebrated authors such as T. S. Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Sara Teasdale, and Henry David Thoreau.