“walt whitman”

Walt Whitman was born in 1819. He worked as a journalist and newspaper editor for many years before the appearance of his Leaves of Grass in 1855. This is a collection of his work aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist and carries no explanatory or critical apparatus.Generous samplin... More

A superb selection of poems, letters and prose from the war years. "O Captain My Captain ," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "Adieu to a Soldier," many other letters and prose works.... More

Diaries, notes and essays dealing with Whitman's ancestry, boyhood, Civil War experiences, nature, literary subjects and more.... More

It was with this inspired, oceanic medley, "Song of Myself" (which in the first editions of "Leaves of Grass" was still nameless), that Walt Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers will find this first version of "Song of Myself" new, surprising, and often superior to the later versio... More

This deluxe 150th anniversary edition of Whitman's masterwork features the complete text of the 1855 poem in its original and complete form, with a specially commissioned introductory essay by bestselling critic Harold Bloom."The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contri... More

Whitman, The Poet And The Potential Seer, Comprehended The Conflicting Purposes Of His Age. He Witnessed And Understood The Elemental Men Who Had Risen To Tame The Land And Harness Is Material Resources. First Published In 1871, In Wash. D. C. Is A Combined Religious Catechism, And A Practical Manua... More