Walt Whitman eBooks
eBooks di Walt Whitman editi da Anna Ruggieri di Formato Mobipocket
Poèmes de Walt Whitman. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Walt Whitman - Anna Ruggieri, 2017 -
En commençant mes études le premier pas m’a plu si fort,Le simple fait de la conscience, ces formes, la motilité,Le moindre insecte ou animal, les sens, la vue, l’amour,Le premier pas, dis-je, m’a frappé d’un tel respect et plu si fort,Que je ne suis guère allé et n’ai guère eu envie d’aller plus loin,Mais de m’arrêter à musarder tout le temps pour chanter cela en chants extasiés.
Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Walt Whitman - Anna Ruggieri, 2017 -
Walter “Walt” Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.Born in Huntington on Long Island, Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and—in addition to publishing his poetry—was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War. Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (1842). Whitman’s major work, Leaves of Grass, was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to the common person with an American epic. He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at age 72, his funeral became a public spectacle.Whitman’s sexuality is often discussed alongside his poetry. Though biographers continue to debate his sexuality, he is usually described as either homosexual or bisexual in his feelings and attractions. However, there is disagreement among biographers as to whether Whitman had actual sexual experiences with men.Whitman was concerned with politics throughout his life. He supported the Wilmot Proviso and opposed the extension of slavery generally. His poetry presented an egalitarian view of the races, though his attitude in life reflected many of the racial prejudices common to nineteenth-century America and his opposition to slavery was not necessarily based on belief in the equality of races per se. At one point he called for the abolition of slavery, but later he saw the abolitionist movement as a threat to democracy.
Leaves of grass. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Walt Whitman - Anna Ruggieri, 2017 -
Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Though the first 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 death. This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades—the first a small book of twelve poems and the last a compilation of over 400.