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Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
Category: Gift
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 American life of all ages and races. Revolutionary in style and ...Show more
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman; Stephen Mitchell (Editor)
Category: Gift | Series: Shambhala Pocket Library
One of the best-known and most stirring American poems, brilliantly edited by Stephen Mitchell, now available in the Shambhala Pocket Library series. An undeniable and beloved classic of American poetry, "Song of Myself" was originally published as part of Leaves of Grass, with Whitman expanding, re ...Show more
The Complete Poems by Walt Whitman
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
From Leaves of Grass to "Song of Myself," all of Whitman's poetry in one volume In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work that defined him as one of America's most influential voices and that he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it sp ...Show more
The Portable Walt Whitman: Penguin Portable Library by Walt Whitman
Category: Classics
When Walt Whitman self-published a collection of 12 poems entitled Leaves of Grass in 1855, he was an unknown, but ambitious, journalist from Long Island - by the time of his death he was beginning to be recognised as one of the most distinctive poetic voices of the modern world. His poetry, which he co ...Show more
Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Category: Gift | Series: Wilderness Bks.
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, while celebrating at the same time "Nature without chec ...Show more
Walt Whitman : Poems by Walt Whitman
Category: Gift | Series: Everyman's library pocket poets
The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Whitman contains forty-two of the American master's poems, including "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, " "Song of Myself, " "I Hear America Singing, " "Halcyon Days ...Show more
Walt Whitman Speaks - His Final Thoughts on Life, Writing, Spirituality, and the Promise of America - A Library of America Special Publication by Walt Whitman; Horace Traubel (As told to); Brenda Wineapple (Editor)
Category: Philosophy
For the Whitman bicentennial, a delightful keepsake edition of the incomparable wisdom of America's greatest poet, distilled from his fascinating late-in-life conversations with Horace Traubel. Toward the end of his life, Walt Whitman was visited almost daily at his home in Camden, New Jersey, by the yo ...Show more
Walt Whitman: The Great Poets by Walt. Whitman
Category: Gift | Series: The\Great Poets Ser.
From the highly controversial Leaves of Grass, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the iconic Captain, oh my captain immortalised in the film Dead Poets Society, this short collection is the ideal introduction to the poetry of Walt Whitman. One of the greats, he was celebr ...Show more
Walt Whitman's Guide to Manly Health and Training by Walt Whitman
Category: Gift
A giftable, illustrated collection of quotes and pithy advice--equal parts self-help and grooming guide--by quintessential American poet and writer Walt Whitman. In 1858, famed American author Walt Whitman penned a series of newspaper columns under a pseudonym on the subject of "manly health and tra ...Show more
Whitman on Wellness - Poetry and Prose for a Healthy Life by Walt Whitman; Mose Velsor; Bevin Vieweg-Lenz (Editor)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
Long before today's modern use of the term wellness, Walt Whitman, widely considered to be one of America's greatest poets, extolled the virtues of self-care and the mind-body connection. In a series of thirteen newspaper installments, written in 1858 for The New York Atlas under the pseudonym Mose Vels ...Show more