Song of Myself by Walt Whitman (English) Paperback Book

Description: Song of Myself by Walt Whitman Do I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself.(I am large, I contain multitudes.)Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.To mark 160 years since its first publication, a new edition of the great American poets most famous workDo I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself.(I am large, I contain multitudes.)Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races. Revolutionary in style and controversial in content when it was first published in 1855, Whitmans masterwork has since inspired generations with its intoxicating rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy.THE ORIGINAL 1855 TEXT Author Biography Walt Whitman was born on 31 May 1819 in Long Island, New York. Without much formal education, he began work at an early age as an office boy, printer and school teacher. His first major collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, was self-published in 1855. During the American Civil War, Whitman volunteered as a nurse at military hospitals in Washington, and his experiences inspired his next collection, Drum-Taps, published in 1865, and Memoranda During the War (1875). Whitman was an ardent Democrat, and wrote several poems to Abraham Lincoln, including O Captain! My Captain. His poetry was seen by many as immoral, and was the cause of his dismissal from a post as clerk in the Department of the Interior, but he won praise from his contemporaries Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, and his work was enthusiastically received by poetic circles in England. Having survived a paralysing stroke in 1873, Whitman left Washington for Camden, New Jersey, where he continued to write up until his death on 26 March 1892. Review Grand but intimate, earthy but also dreamy * Observer *Whitman had a fluid personality that made him able to merge invisibly, and with great empathy, with the images of other people and events that lodged in his mind...unprecedented assembling of rhythm, sound, language and images * New York Times *The great unrhymed, long-lined, self-celebratory sensation of the 1850s * Lost Angeles Times * Promotional I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.To mark 160 years since its first publication, a new edition of the great American poets most famous work Review Text Grand but intimate, earthy but also dreamy Promotional "Headline" I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. To mark 160 years since its first publication, a new edition of the great American poets most famous work Details ISBN0099595540 Author Walt Whitman Year 2015 ISBN-10 0099595540 ISBN-13 9780099595540 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-08-06 Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 811.3 Death 1892 Media Book Short Title SONG OF MYSELF Language English Residence Long Island, NY, US Pages 96 Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2015-08-06 AU Release Date 2015-08-06 NZ Release Date 2015-08-06 Narrator Susan McInearny Illustrator Jose Marzan Birth 1939 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications RDN Alternative 9781473511569 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:94858105;

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