Song of Myself
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century Americ...
Song of Myself
The S4N Pocket Poems Series presents classic long poems and books of poetry as they were originally presented, free of interpretation and notes, and in an attractive size that can be carried and read anywhere. Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in Long Island. The first edition of Leaves of Grass was published at the poet's own expense in 1855; the final edition appeared in 1892, from which this text of 'Song of Myself' is taken.
Leaves of Grass
Ralph Waldo Emerson issued a call for a great poet to capture and immortalize the unique American experience. In 1855, an answer came with Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Today, this masterful collection remains not only a seminal event in American literature but also the incomparable achievement of one of America's greatest poets--an exuberant, passionate man who loved his country and wrote of it as no other has ever done. Walt Whitman was a singer, thinker, visionary, and citizen extraordinaire. Thoreau called Whitman 'probably the greatest democrat that ever lived,' and Emerson judged Leaves of Grass as 'the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed.' The text presented here is that of the 'Deathbed' or ninth edition of Leaves of Grass, published in 1892. The content and grouping of poems is the version authorized by Whitman himself for the final and complete edition of his masterpiece.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
"The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his mas...
Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman
A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children (National Council of Teachers of English) Introduce your children to the beautiful words of classic American poet, Walt Whitman. Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman makes the work engaging and easy to understand. Walt Whitman is considered by many to be one of the most prolific poets in American history. What better time to introduce your children to the written word than now? This collection of thirty-five of Walt's best works has been carefully curated for kids. Each piece of work is lovingly illustrated, and are both presented and explained by New York University professor Karen Karbenier, PhD, a primary authority Whitman's poetry. Walt Whitman includes enlightening commentary for each poem, definitions of key words, and a foreword by the expert so that kids, or even parents new to poems, will understand. Starting off with 'I Hear America Singing,' the collection includes excerpts from 'Song of Myself,' 'O Captain! My Captain!', poems from Leaves
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
Leaves Of Grass
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.
Walt Whitman's Guide to Manly Health and Training
Walt Whitman's Guide to Manly Health and Training
Demokratiska Perspektiv
Demokratiska perspektiv (1871) är en amerikansk klassiker som skänker djup och intresse för de demokratiska frågorna om och kring Amerikas förenta stater. Whitman är, som Amerikas store politiske poet, värd att uppmärksammas även som politisk aktör. Strax efter det amerikanska inbördeskriget, som ställde både USA och Whitman inför frågan om nationens och demokratins framtid, utgav han denna skrift, där han utvecklar sina tankar om samhället, demokratin, Amerika och litteraturen. I denna utgåva återfinns även en samling av Whitmans mest kända poesi med demokrati som tema eller underton. "Skriften "Demokratiska perspektiv" ger en ideologiskt genomlyst formulering av de demokratiska deal som uttrycks i Whitmans dikt. Som sådan är den läsvärd, och den svenska utgåvan är välkommen". (SvD)
On the Beach at Night Alone
'All nations, colors, barbarisms, civilizations, languages...' A selection taken from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and divers...
Complete Poems of Walt Whitman
With an Introduction and Bibliography by Stephen Matterson, Trinity College, Dublin. Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation, the vastness of the land and the ...
Leaves of Grass
First published in 1855 and extended by the author over the course of more than three decades, Leaves of Grass embodies Walt Whitman's lifetime ambition to create a new voice that could capture the spirit and vibrancy of the young American nation,...
The Poetry of Walt Whitman
The Poetry of Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars? First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over thirty years, 'Leaves...
Song of Myself
It was with this inspired, oceanic medley, "Song of Myself" (which in the first editions of "Leaves of Grass" was still nameless), that Walt Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers will find this ...
Leaves of Grass
A timeless collection of hundreds of poems that resonate to the American spirit. Leaves of Grass is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by influential nineteenth-century writer Walt Whitman. This profound compilation explores topics such as nature, mysticism, mortality, transcendentalism, and democracy. Inspired by personal experiences and observations, Whitman spent almost four decades piecing together the complete work, sharing societal ideals and epiphanies about life that still resonate with readers today. This sturdy leather-bound edition of the complete Leaves of Grass also includes Whitman's preface to the original 1855 edition, in which he expounds on his personal philosophy of writing poetry.
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition By: Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition By: Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully s...
Kamratskapskärlek
1860 satte poeten Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ihop två av sina viktigaste delar av Leaves of Grass: I "Adams barn" besjunger han den fria kärleken för båda könen och alla människors lika värde. I "Kalmus" besjunger han sin kärlek ...
Brooklynfärjans överfärd ; dikt och hågkomster
"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" är en av Walt Whitmans (1819-1892) mest ikoniska dikter och blev en inspirationskälla för kommande generationers poeter. Denna rikt illustrerade utgåva tar läsaren med tillbaka till Brooklyn och New York vid 180...
Leaves of Grass
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 Macmilla...
Leaves of Grass
One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as 'the wonderful gift . . . the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.' Over the course of Whitman's life, the book reappeared in many versions, expanded and transformed as the author's experiences and the nation's history changed and grew. Whitman's ambition was to creates something uniquely American. In that he succeeded. His poems have been woven into the very fabric of the American character. From his solemn masterpieces 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' and 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking' to the joyous freedom of 'Song of Myself,' 'I Sing the Body Electric,' and 'Song of the Open Road,' Whitman's work lives on, an inspiration to the poets of later
Song of Myself
Song of myself
Memoranda During the War
In December of 1862, having read his brother's name in a casualty list, Walt Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the war front, where he found his brother wounded but recovering. But Whitman also found there a "new world," a world dense with...
Leaves of Grass
Following the texts is an album of portraits of Whitman, as well as "Whitman on His Art," a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations, and newspaper articles. While conti...
By Nightfall
Like his legendary, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Hours, Michael Cunningham's masterly new novel is a heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Full of shocks and aftershocks, it makes us think and feel deeply about the uses and meaning of be...
Day
NATIONAL BESTELLER - A "quietly stunning" (Ocean Vuong) exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life-and how we all must learn to live together and apart-from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours "Along with George Eliot, Michael Cunningham belongs in that rare group of novelists who hold the world close, with apparently infinite respect, compassion, and tenderness, all while describing the world and its inhabitants unsparingly."-Tony KushnerNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Harper's Bazaar, Chicago Public Library, Lit Hub, Paste, Kirkus Reviews April 5, 2019: In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, the veneer of domestic bliss is beginning to crack. Dan and Isabel, husband and wife, are slowly drifting apart-and both, it seems, are a little bit in love with Isabel's younger brother, Robbie. Robbie, wayward soul of the family, who still lives in the attic loft; Robbie, who, trying to get over his most recent boyfriend, is living vicariously through a glamorous avatar online; Robbie, who now has to move out of the house-and whose departure threatens to break the family apart. And then there is Nathan, age ten, taking his first uncertain steps toward independence, while his sister, Violet, five, does her best not to notice the growing rift between her parents. April 5, 2020: As the world goes into lockdown, the cozy brownstone is starting to feel more like a prison. Violet is terrified of leaving the windows open, obsessed with keeping her family safe. Isabel and Dan communicate mostly in veiled sleights and frustrated sighs. And dear Robbie is stranded in Iceland, alone in a mountain cabin with nothing but his thoughts-and his secret Instagram life-for company. April 5, 2021: Emerging from the worst of the crisis, the family reckons with a new, very different reality-and with what they've learned, what they've lost, and how they might go on.
Hours
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. Exiled in Richmond in the 1920s, taken from her beloved ...