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Chargement... Leaves of Grass (1860 edition) (1860)par Walt Whitman
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. wow , such sensitivity and lovely prose , so earthy and romantic ( ) Whitman has a style all his own. And I like it. What I don't like is his self-absorption and promotional attitude that seems to creep in sometimes. "Oh Captain, My Captain" and some other poems are just beautiful. Those are the poems when he seems to lose sight of his self. And that's okay. In fact, it's wonderful. But writing a poem to your chest hair? Really, Walt? aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In May 1860, Walt Whitman published a third edition of Leaves of Grass. His timing was compelling. Printed during a period of regional, ideological, and political divisions, written by a poet intimately concerned with the idea of a United States as "essentially the greatest poem," this new edition was Whitman's last best hope for national salvation. Now available in a facsimile edition, Leaves of Grass, 1860 faithfully reproduces Whitman's attempt to create a "Great construction of the New Bible" to save the nation on the eve of civil war and, for the first time, frames the book in historical Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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