Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass (the Complete 1891-92 Edition)
by:
Walt Whitman (author)
J.M. Beach (author)
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781477558096 (1477558098)
Publish date: May 28th 2012
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 366
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
American,
Classic Literature,
Adult,
College,
19th Century,
Poetry,
Banned Books,
Fiction
Impregnato di Natura, essere etereo, anima, realtà. La mia rivelazione. ♥
Walt Whitman was a visionary, a tolerant and kind man, who spoke out about injustices and did not allow himself to conform. Looking into the soul of human motivation and reaction, he purposefully chose everyday people to demonstrate his loftiest ideas. He had deep feelings about humanity's return to...
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up -- for you the flag is flung -- for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths -- for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; - Walt Whitman Excerpt from Memories of Preside...
Objasnio mi mene. Svaka kritika bi bila suvišna.
Poetry is conquering my heart, little by little.