Reproduction of the original: Walt Whitman by John Burroughs
Symonds was not alone among early readers in taking Whitman to be the vehicle of something like a sacred revelation . Religion was the watchword , virtually the shibboleth of the Whitmaniacs — the extended Euro - American network ...
Offers poetry selections from the nineteenth-century American master.
In vivid detail, Kaplan examines the mysterious selves of the enigmatic man who celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man.
A short biography of Walt Whitman, following his journey from a young New York printer to one of America's most beloved literary figures.
Collects all of Whitman's poems, including "I Hear America Singing," "Beautiful Women," "City of Ships," "The Sobbing of the Bells," and "O Sun of Real Peace."
A study of the life and works of one of America's finest poets is set against the social, cultural, and political backdrop of his time, offering new insights into his poetry, ideas, and imagery
Ralph Waldo Emerson judged the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." Nothing like the volume had ever appeared before.
I. Kaplan, Justine. II. Leaves of grass, (1855); Leaves of grass (1891-92); Complete prose works (1892); Supplementary prose.
Portrays Walt Whitman in the social, political, and cultural context of his day.
A commercial failure, this book was the first stage of a massive, lifelong enterprise. Six editions and thirty-seven years later, Leaves of Grass had been recognized as one of the central masterworks of world poetry.