[PDF] Leaves Of Grass eBook

Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,1 MB
Release : 2000-11-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0679783423

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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
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 24,99 MB
Release : 2019-12-22
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781733809290

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"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
Publisher : Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 2024-03-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1722525053

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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 : C. K. Williams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,52 MB
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0691176108

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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 : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 048684191X

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Beautiful hardcover volume features "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," other poems from original 1855 edition of the controversial masterpiece that continues to redefine conventional notions of beauty and originality.