The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitman (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Leaves of Grass (1855 & 1892) + Old Age Echoes + Uncollected and Rejected PoemsBy Walt Whitman
Length19h 57m
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The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitman gathers the full range of a writer who transformed nineteenth-century verse: the expansive sequences of Leaves of Grass, the Civil War poems of Drum-Taps, elegies, chants, and late meditations on death, nation, body, and soul. Whitman's long, rolling lines, catalogues, apostrophes, and prophetic first-person voice broke decisively with inherited metrical decorum, placing American speech, labor, sexuality, and democracy at the center of poetic form. Born in 1819 on Long Island and shaped by work as a printer, journalist, editor, teacher, and volunteer nurse during the Civil War, Whitman wrote from intimate contact with urban crowds, political crisis, and bodily suffering. His poetry reflects both the optimism of Jacksonian democracy and the fractures of slavery, war, and modernization. The continually revised Leaves of Grass became his lifelong project: a self-fashioned scripture of the American experiment. This volume is essential for readers interested in the origins of modern poetry, American literary identity, or the relationship between poetic form and democratic imagination. It rewards both first encounters and sustained study, offering a capacious, challenging, and still-radical vision of human comradeship.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePoetry
Length19 hrs 57 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 10, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Enriched Edition. Leaves of Grass (1855 & 1892) + Old Age Echoes + Uncollected and Rejected Poems
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass (1855 & 1892) + Old Age Echoes + Uncollected and Rejected Poems
7The Poetry Collections
8LEAVES OF GRASS, 1855
9LEAVES OF GRASS, 1855
10Preface
11Song of Myself (1855)
12A Song for Occupations (1855)
13To Think of Time (1855)
14The Sleepers (1855)
15I Sing the Body Electric (1855)
16Faces (1855)
17Song of the Answerer (1855)
18Europe the 72d and 73d Years of These States (1855)
19A Boston Ballad (1855)
20There Was a Child Went Forth (1855)
21Who Learns My Lesson Complete (1855)
22Great Are the Myths (1855)
23LEAVES OF GRASS, 1892
24LEAVES OF GRASS (pt. 1)
25LEAVES OF GRASS (pt. 2)
26LEAVES OF GRASS (pt. 3)
27LEAVES OF GRASS (pt. 4)
28LEAVES OF GRASS (pt. 5)
29LEAVES OF GRASS (pt. 6)
30OLD AGE ECHOES
31TO SOAR IN FREEDOM AND IN FULLNESS OF POWER
32THEN SHALL PERCEIVE
33THE FEW DROPS KNOWN
34ONE THOUGHT EVER AT THE FORE
35WHILE BEHIND ALL FIRM AND ERECT
36A KISS TO THE BRIDE
37NAY, TELL ME NOT TO-DAY THE PUBLISH’D SHAME
38SUPPLEMENT HOURS
39OF MANY A SMUTCH’D DEED REMINISCENT
40TO BE AT ALL
41DEATH’S VALLEY
42ON THE SAME PICTURE
43A THOUGHT OF COLUMBUS
44UNCOLLECTED AND REJECTED POEMS
45AMBITION
46BLOOD-MONEY
47RESURGEMUS
48GREAT ARE THE MYTHS
49POEM OF REMEMBRANCE FOR A GIRL OR A BOY OF THESE STATES
50THINK OF THE SOUL
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