Whitman: 252 books

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Though the original edition was published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his passing. This resulted in vastly...

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Poems Walt Whitman, american poet, essayist and journalist (1819-1892) This ebook presents «Poems», from Walt Whitman. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- MOTTO -03- MOTTO -04- MOTTO -05-...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Walt Whitman’s Specimen Days, published in 1882, provides an extraordinary picture of an aging poet reassessing the path of his long life, one intrinsically linked with the trajectory—and traumas—of the nation...

The devoutly Christian Marcus and Narcissa Whitman left home and family to establish a mission in the far west territories. In 1836, Narcissa was the first woman of European descent to cross the Rocky Mountains. Narcissa was but 39 years old when she, her husband, and nine others were murdered at...

This ebook collects the six U.S. editions of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass that he published in his lifetime, plus the annexes of the so-called "Deathbed Edition" from 1891 (the Leaves of Grass portion of which is a reprint of the '81 release). LEAVES OF GRASS Brooklyn, New York: 1855. LEAVES OF GRASS...

We wait for the moon.We watch for the moon.We watch for the Ramadan moon.We give to the poor, and read Qur_an, under the moon.We live our faith, until next yearunder the moon, under the moon,under the Ramadan moon.Ramadan is one of the most special months of the Islamic year, when Muslims pray, fast,...

Despreciada por su propio autor, olvidada por la crítica y desconocida para la mayoría de los lectores, «Franklin Evans» es la única novela que Whitman escribió en toda su vida. La obra es un compendio de las preocupaciones y gustos del entonces joven periodista y popular autor Walter Whitman,...

The Americans, of all nations at any time upon the earth, have probably the fullest poetical Nature. The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. In the history of the earth hitherto the largest and most stirring appear tame and orderly to their ampler largeness and stir. Here at...

La statura artistica di Walt Whitman, poeta dell’io e della collettività, del presente e della democrazia, va al di là dell’intrinseco valore della sua opera poetica per sfociare nel simbolico. Autore di una sola, anche se vastissima, raccolta di poesie, Foglie d’erba ha avuto un ruolo innovativo...

La traducción que ofrecemos de este hermoso libro, fue realizada, en forma inmejorable, por el poeta León Felipe, el legendario autor de La insignia y de Español del éxodo y del llanto. Walt Whitman en 1855 publicó de manera casi clandestina la primera versión...

Los mejores libros jamás escritos. «Nunca ha habido otro comienzo que este, ni más juventud que esta, ni más vejez que esta, y nunca habrá más perfección que esta, ni más cielo, ni más infierno que este.» Walt Whitman fue el poeta de la democracia, de la naturaleza, del deísmo,...

American Walt Whitman formed a close friendship with English writer Anne Gilchrist. Here are collected their correspondence.