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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.3
EAN num: 9780517073971
ISBN number: 0517073978
Label: Gramercy
Manufacturer: Gramercy
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: March 20, 2001
Publishing house: Gramercy
Release Date: March 20, 2001
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Studio: Gramercy
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The poetry of Walt Whitman is the cornerstone of modern American verse. He was America's very first truly great poet and his influence is still evident today. The very 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 very 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 yesterday 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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This book is highly entertaining and quaint, and it also teaches acceptance and peace through example. With views that even yesterday are still evolving in America, Whitman almost seems to have written this book in 2050, and just slipped it back in time for us to read now.
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