Books by Walt Whitman

Contained within the pages of this rare book is a collection of writings taken from Walt Whitman¿s diaries and note-books written during his time in Canada. A keen woodsman with a passion for the outdoors, the literature contained herein was diligently transcribed for its original publication from ¿out-door notes¿ composed on worn and time-stained fragments of paper by its editor, William Sloane Kennedy. A fascinating read, this book offers a unique insight into the mind of this great man and is an absolute must-read for lovers of Whitman.Walter "Walt" Whitman (1819 - 1892) was a celebrated American poet, essayist and journalist. He is one of the most influential poets in American literature and is often referred to as the father of free verse. He is most famous for his seminal poetical work ¿Leaves of Grass¿ and he was hailed by D. H Lawrence as ¿the greatest modern poet¿ and ¿the greatest American¿. This rare book is proudly republished now with an introductory biography of the author."

Hojas de hierba, publicada en 1855, es un libro de poemas del poeta estadounidense Walt Whitman. Entre los textos están: Canto de mí mismo, Yo canto al cuerpo eléctrico, De la cuna que se mece eternamente y, en las posteriores ediciones, la elegía al asesinado presidente Abraham Lincoln. El autor de Hojas de hierba, Walt Whitman, nació en el año 1819 en Nueva York, Estados Unidos y es considerado de forma unánime el máximo poeta estadounidense, es el supremo cantor del Yo y de la naturaleza, del cuerpo y del alma, de la igualdad del hombre y la mujer, de la fraternidad y la democracia. Los poemas de Hojas de hierba están conectados entre sí, cada uno representando la celebración de Whitman de su filosofía de la vida y de la humanidad. Este libro se caracteriza por su alegría y alabanza de los sentidos en un momento en el que las manifestaciones en primera persona y la expresión del uno mismo se consideraba inmoral.

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) contributed to the greatest prose of American letters with Democratic Vistas, now considered a classic discussion of the theory of democracy and its possibilities. In this essay he protests the unrestrained materialism, greed, corruption and spiritual failure of what, two years later, Mark Twain would label "The Gilded Age." Whitman criticizes America for its "mighty, many-threaded wealth and industry" that mask an underlying "dry and flat Sahara" of soul. He calls for a new kind of literature to revive the American population: "Not the book needs so much to be the complete thing, but the reader of the book does." Whitman was one of the few writers to keep the Emersonian faith in individual and cultural regeneration after the Civil War.

Whitman's 1870 collection of poems including not only Passage to India but many Civil war poems, main selections from Leaves of Grass, and other collections. This is Whitman's famous poem-sequence, now back in print after many years.This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries.

In 1852, young Walt Whitman was hard at work writing two books. One, a novel, would be published under a pseudonym and serialized in a newspaper. Life and Adventures of Jack Engle is a short, rollicking story of orphanhood, avarice, and adventure in New York City. After more than 160 years, the University of Iowa Press has reprinted this lost work.

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica HischeIt all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a 'B' for Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's My Ántonia. It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves.W is for Whitman. When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules of poetry while describing the soul of the American character. Throughout his life, Whitman continuously revised, expanded, and republished Leaves of Grass, but the 1855 original marked Whitman's fresh and bold arrival, greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the beginning of a great career.” This volume specially compiled for Penguin Drop Caps will also include a range of additional popular poems including selections from "Calamus," "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," and "Drum-Taps," as well as Whitman's 1855, 1856 and 1976 prefaces and "Democratic Vistas.”