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224 pages ; 22 cm |
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The poetry of Walt Whitman is the cornerstone of modern American verse. He was America's first truly great poet and his influence is still evident today. The first edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, published in 1855, was a revolutionary manifesto declaring America's independence from European cultural domination. His rhapsodic free verse broke radically with poetic, tradition: it was poetry about America, its democracy, its people, and its hopes. It was uniquely American without apology--brash, proud, optimistic, and filled with the bustling energy of the new and growing nation. This collection brings together Whitman's greatest and most famous poems spanning the whole of his career. From the groundbreaking first edition of Leaves of Grass are seven poems, including "Song of Myself" and "I Sing the Body Electric." From later editions there are such masterpieces as "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and "I Hear America Singing." Also included is Whitman's great cycle of Civil War Poems, Drum-Taps, which he wrote in the months when he was ministering to the wounded in battlefield hospitals. Concluding this collection is one of his last poems, "Good-bye My Fancy!"--His touching farewell to his muse, his life, and his readers. More than one hundred years after his death, Walt Whitman's poetry has become part of the American heritage. It is a visionary which speaks as aptly to readers today as it will to future generations. As he says in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "others ... look back on me because I look'd forward to them." Whitman's poetry is a link that connects all Americans--past, present, and future. This book features a deluxe cover, ribbon marker, top stain, and decorative endpaper with a nameplate. |
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Europe: the 72nd and 73rd years of these states -- Song of myself -- A song for occupations -- To think of time -- The sleepers -- I sing the body electric -- There was a child went forth -- Song of the broad-axe -- The compost -- Crossing Brooklyn Ferry -- Song of the open road -- A woman waits for me -- On the beach at night alone -- To a foil'd European revolutionaire -- Out of the cradle endlessly rocking -- As I ebb'd with the ocean of life -- Me imperturbe -- I hear America singing -- Poets to come -- From pent-up aching rivers -- Once I pass'd through a populous city -- Native moments -- Facing west from California's shores. |
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As Adam early in the morning -- Scented herbage of my breast -- Beat! Beat! Drums! -- City of ships -- Cavalry crossing a ford -- Bivouac on a mountain side -- An Army corps on the march -- By the bivouac's fitful flame -- Come up from the fields Father -- Vigil strange I kept on the field one night -- A march in the banks hard-prest, and the road unknown -- A night in camp in the daybreak gray and dim -- As toilsome I wander'd Virginia's woods -- The wound-dresser -- When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd -- O captain! My captain! -- One's self I sing -- A noiseless patient spider -- Passage to India -- The dalliance of the eagles -- Good-bye my fancy! |
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American poetry.
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American poetry. (OCoLC)fst00807348
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Poesia estadounidense -- Siglo XI.
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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Poems. Selections
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| ISBN |
0517073978 |
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9780517073971 |
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