WALT WHITMAN Ultimate Collection: 500+ Works in Poetry & Prose (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Leaves of Grass, Franklin Evans, The Half-Breed, Manly Health and Training, Specimen Days…By Walt Whitman
Length79h 39m
About this audiobook
WALT WHITMAN Ultimate Collection: 500+ Works in Poetry & Prose gathers the many voices of America's most audacious nineteenth-century poet: the visionary bard of Leaves of Grass, the democratic essayist, the Civil War witness, and the prose chronicler of a rapidly transforming republic. Its contents reveal Whitman's expansive free verse, catalogic rhythms, bodily candor, and prophetic address, placing his poetry beside journalism, prefaces, letters, and reflective prose that illuminate the literary revolution he helped inaugurate. Walt Whitman (1819–1892), born on Long Island and formed by the print culture of Brooklyn and New York, worked as printer, editor, teacher, journalist, and hospital volunteer. These experiences shaped his radical inclusiveness: he absorbed the speech of workers, the spectacle of urban crowds, the trauma of war, and the ideals and failures of American democracy. His life's project was to fashion a poetic self large enough to contain the nation's contradictions. This collection is highly recommended for readers seeking not merely selected poems, but the full architecture of Whitman's imagination. Scholars, students, and general readers will find it indispensable for tracing how his poetry and prose together redefine authorship, citizenship, the body, and the possibilities of modern literature.
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.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length79 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 2, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Leaves of Grass (The Original 1855 Edition) (pt. 1)
7Leaves of Grass (The Original 1855 Edition) (pt. 2)
8Leaves of Grass (The Final Edition) (pt. 1)
9Leaves of Grass (The Final Edition) (pt. 2)
10Leaves of Grass (The Final Edition) (pt. 3)
11Leaves of Grass (The Final Edition) (pt. 4)
12Leaves of Grass (The Final Edition) (pt. 5)
13Leaves of Grass (The Final Edition) (pt. 6)
14Other Poems
15Novels
16Franklin Evans
17INTRODUCTORY.
18CHAPTER I.
19CHAPTER II.
20CHAPTER III.
21CHAPTER IV.
22CHAPTER V.
23CHAPTER VI.
24CHAPTER VII.
25CHAPTER VIII.
26CHAPTER IX.
27CHAPTER X.
28CHAPTER XI.
29CHAPTER XII.
30CHAPTER XIII.
31CHAPTER XIV
32CHAPTER XV.
33CHAPTER XVI.
34CHAPTER XVII.
35CHAPTER XVIII.
36CHAPTER XIX.
37CHAPTER XX.
38CHAPTER XXI.
39CHAPTER XXII.
40CHAPTER XXIII.
41CHAPTER XXIV.
42CHAPTER XXV.
43Life and Adventures of Jack Engle (pt. 1)
44Life and Adventures of Jack Engle (pt. 2)
45Short Stories
46The Half-Breed
47Chapter I.
48Chapter II
49Chapter III.
50Chapter IV
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