The Complete Poems -

Walt Whitman

Penguin

2005

912 páginas

1d 6h 24m

ISBN-13: 9780140424515

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 spoke of politics, sexual emancipation, and what it meant to be an American. From the joyful “Song of Myself” and “I Sing the Body Electric” to the elegiac “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” Whitman’s art fuses oratory, journalism, and song in a vivid celebration of humanity. Containing all Whitman’s known poetic work, this edition reprints the final, or “deathbed,” edition of Leaves of Grass (1891–92). Earlier versions of many poems are also given, including the 1855 “Song of Myself.”
Features a completely new—and fuller—introduction discussing the development of Whitman's poetic career, his influence on later American poets, and his impact on the American cultural sensibility

Includes chronology, updated suggestions for further reading, and extensive notes.

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Whitman, com sua voz única e poderosa, aborda temas como amor, liberdade, identidade e a interconexão de todos os seres. Sua escrita é expansiva e lírica, repleta de imaginação e emoção, convidando o leitor a refletir sobre sua própria existência e lugar no mundo. A obra é um testemunho da inovação poética de Whitman, que desafia convenções e abraça a diversidade da vida. Uma leitura essencial que ressoa profundamente e inspira cada geração a explorar a essência do ser!