"I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease...observing a spear of summer grass." So begins Leaves of Grass, the first great American poem and indeed, to this day, the greatest and most essentially American poem in all our national literature. The publication of Leaves of Grass in July 1855 was a landmark event in literary history. Ralph Waldo Emerson judged the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." Nothing like the volume had ever appeared before. Everything about it--the unusual jacket and title page, the exuberant preface, the twelve free-flowing, untitled poems embracing every realm of experience--was new. The 1855 edition broke new ground in its relaxed style, which prefigured free verse; in its sexual candor; in its images of racial bonding and democratic togetherness; and in the intensity of its affirmation of the sanctity of the physical world. This Anniversary Edition captures the typeface, design and layout of the original edition supervised by Whitman himself. Today's readers get a sense of the "ur-text" of Leaves of Grass, the first version of this historic volume, before Whitman made many revisions of both format and style. The volume also boasts an afterword by Whitman authority David Reynolds, in which he discusses the 1855 edition in its social and cultural contexts: its background, its reception, and its contributions to literary history. There is also an appendix containing the early responses to the volume, including Emerson's letter, Whitman's three self-reviews, and the twenty other known reviews published in various newspapers and magazines. This special volume will be a must-have keepsake for fans of Whitman and lovers of American poetry.
發表於2024-12-19
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He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
圖書標籤: whitman 惠特曼 詩歌 poetry [Poetry] [EnglishReading] W.Whitman 文學&藝術
找不到我讀的版本。書裏寫這是最初版的copy,封麵上沒有惠特曼的名字。沒有插圖,薄薄的一百頁小冊子,每頁密密麻麻,不認識的詞也密密麻麻。十五頁螞蟻般擠著的前言大肆誇贊美國,然而究竟是虛浮不著實際。有時我覺得我似乎懂他在寫什麼,大部分時候我隻能看懂排比,卻不知道排比的主體或作業是什麼。不乏好段落,但看得人昏昏欲睡,外加無限查字典産生的jarringness,就留不下什麼瞭。
評分like freedom
評分讀於初三.
評分讀於初三.
評分我也不知道他到底算什麼瞭。“Do I contradict myself?I contradict myself。”就是這種豪氣。
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載