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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. 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. The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass (particularly the first edition) exalted the body and the material world. Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises nature and the individual human's role in it. However, much like Emerson, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise. With one exception, the poems do not rhyme or follow standard rules for meter and line length. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself", "I Sing the Body Electric", "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking". Later editions included Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd". Leaves of Grass was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics. Over time, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and been recognized as one of the central works of American poetry.

Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. 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. The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass (particularly the first edition) exalted the body and the material world. Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises nature and the individual human's role in it. However, much like Emerson, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise. With one exception, the poems do not rhyme or follow standard rules for meter and line length. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself", "I Sing the Body Electric", "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking". Later editions included Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd". Leaves of Grass was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics. Over time, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and been recognized as one of the central works of American poetry.
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    Ebook
  • Estado
    Nuevo
  • Isbn
    9783961893652
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    555.9 KB
  • Número de páginas
    334
  • Idioma
    Inglés
  • Formato
    EPUB
  • Protección
    DRM
  • Referencia
    BKW9064
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

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Nacido en West Hills, condado de Suffolk (Nueva York), Whitman fue un poeta, ensayista, periodista y humanista estadounidense, que unió su vida a su obra. Educado en un clima espiritualista que influiría decisivamente en su obra literaria, que desarrolló en el periodo de transición entre el trascendentalismo y el realismo filosófico.

En 1855 publicó la primera edición de Hojas de hierba, corriendo él mismo con los costos de la empresa. Bajo este título pensaba recopilar su extensa obra poética. Con pocas excepciones, entre las que se hallan algunas notables, como la de Ralph Waldo Emerson, la crítica acogió muy negativamente el libro. El tratamiento lírico de las cosas comunes y cotidianas y las innovaciones métricas fueron dos de las causas por las cuales sus contemporáneos no supieron ver en su escritura la obra del gran poeta que la posteridad ha reconocido en él. Luego de alistarse como voluntario en la Guerra de Secesión, publicó algunas obras en prosa, como Perspectivas democráticas (1871), y obtuvo un cargo de funcionario en Nueva York, que perdió, acusado de publicar obras inmorales. Su obra ejerció una gran influencia en la poesía posterior, en especial en la de autores como Federico García Lorca y Pablo Neruda.