Walt Whitman: 131 books

A town that had a man for breakfast every morning. That's how Tombstone, Arizona was described in the late-1800s, bolstering the myth that a corpse would be found cooling in the town's dusty streets each sunrise. The reality was quite different and much less violent, of course, but that hasn't...

Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves...

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. Revolutionary...

Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves...

Whitman covers the Civil War, Darwin, democracy, Shakespeare, Lincoln, friendship, Brooklyn, government work, birds, rivers, technology, politics and politicians, poets, and a multitude of other topics in this indispensable volume drawn from Specimen Days, Notes Left Over, Pieces in Early Youth, November Boughs, and other works.

Una delle raccolte di poesie più suggestive nella storia della letteratura americana, 'Foglie d'erba' è senz'altro il punto più alto della lirica di Whitman. Pubblicato per celebrare il giorno dell'indipendenza americana del 1855, è composto da una lunga serie di versi non divisi in strofe, senza...

Eccoci all'epoca della guerra civile americana: a quel tempo Whitman prestava soccorso negli ospedali da campo dell'Unione e le ristrettezze, le difficoltà, le angosce della guerra costituirono un elemento di estremo contrasto con gli ideali di libertà e gioia di vivere dell'individuo che avevano...

Beat! beat! drums!--blow! bugles! blow!Through the windows-through doors-burst like a ruthless force,Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,Into the school where the scholar is studying;Leave not the bridegroom quiet--no happiness must he have now with his bride,Nor the peaceful farmer...

“Excellent” poetry and prose about physicians and their patients, by Raymond Carver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Rachel Naomi Remen, and more (Library Journal). A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at special days of celebration through the eyes and minds of...

Leaves of Grass

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at season through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at each calendar month through the eyes and minds of our most...