Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015089212420
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman S Leaves Of Grass
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Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951002415170D
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195183429
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.
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509890781
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf
Leaves of Grass is Walt Whitman’s glorious poetry collection, first published in 1855, which he revised and expanded throughout his lifetime. It was ground-breaking in its subject matter and in its direct, unembellished style. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by Professor Bridget Bennett. Whitman wrote about the United States and its people, its revolutionary spirit and about democracy. He wrote openly about the body and about desire in a way that completely broke with convention and which paved the way for a completely new kind of poetry. This new collection is taken from the final version, the Deathbed edition, and it includes his most famous poems such as ‘Song of Myself’ and ‘I Sing the Body Electric’.
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Xist Publishing
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781623958169
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf
One of the Greatest American Poets “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.” ― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass is the magnificent collection of the poetry of Walt Whitman. Featuring "Song of Myself" and other examples of classic American poetry, this collection is essential reading for students and lovers of the written word. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Leaves of Grass and Other Writings
Walt Whitman,Michael Moon,Sculley Bradley,Harold William Blodgett
Author : Walt Whitman,Michael Moon,Sculley Bradley,Harold William Blodgett
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Page : 919 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0393974960
Leaves of Grass and Other Writings by Walt Whitman,Michael Moon,Sculley Bradley,Harold William Blodgett Pdf
Presents a revision of the 1973 Norton Critical Edition of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," and includes the full text of the 1855 edition, as well as excerpts from two prose works, annotations, and commentary.
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : American poetry
ISBN : MINN:31951001998939T
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780199727216
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman Pdf
As featured in AMC's Breaking Bad, given by Gale Boetticher to Walter White and discovered by Hank Schrader. "I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease....observing a spear of summer grass." 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. The publication of Leaves of Grass in July 1855 was a landmark event in literary history. Ralph Waldo Emerson judged the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." Nothing like the volume had ever appeared before. Everything about it--the unusual jacket and title page, the exuberant preface, the twelve free-flowing, untitled poems embracing every realm of experience--was new. The 1855 edition broke new ground in its relaxed style, which prefigured free verse; in its sexual candor; in its images of racial bonding and democratic togetherness; and in the intensity of its affirmation of the sanctity of the physical world. This Anniversary Edition captures the typeface, design and layout of the original edition supervised by Whitman himself. Today's readers get a sense of the "ur-text" of Leaves of Grass, the first version of this historic volume, before Whitman made many revisions of both format and style. The volume also boasts an afterword by Whitman authority David Reynolds, in which he discusses the 1855 edition in its social and cultural contexts: its background, its reception, and its contributions to literary history. There is also an appendix containing the early responses to the volume, including Emerson's letter, Whitman's three self-reviews, and the twenty other known reviews published in various newspapers and magazines. This special volume will be a must-have keepsake for fans of Whitman and lovers of American poetry.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1477558098
Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman Pdf
Walt Whitman was a poetic Visionary. He published the first edition of this monumental work in 1855 and began his magnum opus with the words, "America does not repel the past of what it has produced." He asserted in his declaration: America is "essentially the greatest poem." And he qualified this remark by stating that the "genius of the United States," that which is at the core, the essence of the poem of America, is "always most in the common people." Whitman wrote for and about the common people, and wanted his work to somehow bring about a political renewal that would truly represent the grand Idea of democracy. In this book Whitman overturns centuries of Western political and social thought. Whitman's democratic vision was something so unprecedented in so many ways that his reception at first could be characterized as utter incomprehension. It is believed that only a couple hundred people, at most, read the original 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass and many of these readers did not know what to make of the book. Some people were completely outraged and offended. Others were enraptured. Whitman was the self appointed poet-prophet of America and created, where he saw a lack, a new democratic religious understanding for the modern world.
What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life
Mark Doty
Author : Mark Doty
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781324006053
What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life by Mark Doty Pdf
“[An] incisive, personal mediation.” —New York Times Book Review Mark Doty has always felt haunted by Walt Whitman’s perennially new American voice, and by his equally radical claims about body and soul. In What Is the Grass, Doty effortlessly blends biography, criticism, and memoir to keep company with Whitman and his Leaves of Grass, tracing the resonances between his own experience and the legendary poet’s life and work.
Song of Myself
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781722525057
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,”
I Am with You
Isaac Gewirtz
Author : Isaac Gewirtz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0871044560
I Am with You by Isaac Gewirtz Pdf
Walt Whitman's publications of Leaves of Grass, on July 4, 1855, stands as one of the more improbable achievements in American literary history. Nothing in the earlier writings of the thirty-six-year-old former Long Island schoolteacher, who himself received only six years of formal education, had suggested that he was capable of the revolutionary style or of the radically unorthodox combination to spiritual, sexual, and political sensibilities that make Leaves of Grass as much a prophetic teaching as a pioneering literary work. Today, 150 years after its first appearance, Leaves of Grass remains disturbingly honest and demanding, unique, and inimitable.Whitman himself warned his readers that he was not merely the affectionate, easy, friend they might suppose, and in "I Am with You" --illustrated with images from an anniversary exhibition at The New York Public Library--Isaac Gewirtz, Curator of the Library's renowned Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, explores and dissects the benign image of "the good gray poet." This candid appreciation of the poet and his poetry includes frank appraisals of his views on racism, homosexuality, and women's rights, yet always discerns the golden thread of Whitman's intention: that a new American man and woman might join him on a "perpetual journey" of self-realization, discovering along the way that "All truths wait in all things."
Poems of Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019383410
Poems of Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass) by Walt Whitman Pdf
One of the most influential works of American poetry of the 19th century, Leaves of Grass is a stunningly original and visionary celebration of the beauty and diversity of the American landscape and its people. This edition, edited by Whitman's close friend John Burroughs, features all of the poems from the original publication, including such classics as 'Song of Myself' and 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.' This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, the Original 1855 Edition
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1657675114
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, the Original 1855 Edition by Walt Whitman Pdf
"Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling." -Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world. Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises nature and the individual human's role in it. However, much like Emerson, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise. Leaves of Grass was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics. Over time, however, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and been recognized as one of the central works of American poetry. A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!
Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman (Poetry)
Walt Whitman
Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1535485876
Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman (Poetry) by Walt Whitman Pdf
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Though the first edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades-the first a small book of twelve poems and the last a compilation of over 400.The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass (particularly the first edition) exalted the body and the material world. Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises nature and the individual human's role in it. However, much like Emerson, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise.With one exception, the poems do not rhyme or follow standard rules for meter and line length. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking." Later editions included Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Leaves of Grass was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics. Over time, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and been recognized as one of the central works of American poetry. Walter "Walt" Whitman ( May 31, 1819 - March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.Born in Huntington on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and-in addition to publishing his poetry-was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at age 72, his funeral became a public spectacle....