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Un hermoso poema sobre la búsqueda del conocimiento de Whitman bellísimamente ilustrado por Loren Long. Long cree que su vocación de narrador radica en la ilustración de libros para niños, combinando a menudo su arte con trabajos literarios norteamericanos. Su desafio es igualar la elevada poesia de Walt Whitman con imagenes igualmente duraderas y resonantes. El ilustrador ha publicado diversos libros para jovenes lectores.Loren Long Dos veces ganador del premio Golden Kite e ilustrador numero uno de ventas del New York. Nacido en Joplin, Missouri, y criado en Lexington, Kentucky, Long sabe narrar dibujando. Paisajes americanos con almas, sembrados con gentes imaginativas que alcanzan una dimension mitica, incluso heroica.Long estudio Diseño grafico en la universidad de Kentucky. Cuando se licencio, siguio estudiando en la American Academy of Art de Chicago. Durante un tiempo trabajo como ilustrador en la compañia de tarjetas de felicitacion Gibson, en Cincinnati. En los años noventa consiguio reconocimiento como ilustrador editorial trabajando para numerosos periodicos y revistas, entre los que destacan Forbes, Time, Atlantic Monthly y Sports Illustrated. Comenzo ilustrando portadas de libros para Harper Collins, Penguin, Houghton Mifflin y para la National Geographic Society.El trabajo de Long esta en las colecciones permanentes del Cincinnati Art Museum, el U.S. Golf Associations Museum y la revista Sports Illustrated. En noviembre de 2001 su trabajo se incluyo en una muestra de ilustradores notables de Ohio en el prestigioso Centro Cultura Recoleta de Buenos Aires.En 2004, Long gano un Golden Kite Honor por sus ilustraciones para el poema El astronomo, por las que tambien recibio, en 2004, el premio Parents Choice Gold Award.

La grandeza de Hojas de Hierba, poética y cívicamente, hay que localizarla en que es un libro absoluto, lleno de imágenes verbales y visuales y donde podemos escuchar el simple crecimiento de la hierba. No hay duda, y asi lo ha confirmado el critico H. Bloom que Walt Whitman es el verdadero centro del la poesia americana.

For this 60-minute cassette, actor Brian Murray reads 9 poems from "Leaves of Grass," among them "I Hear America Singing." Includes paperback edition of Whitman

Em Canto de Mim Mesmo, Walt Whitman canta-se e canta o mundo, dando-nos a ver as cores com que ele o pinta. Partilhamos a intimidade, o quotidiano, o pensamento e as palavras. O convite é do próprio autor, que no canto II escreve: Fica comigo este dia e esta noite e possuiras a origem de todos os poemas, Possuiras o que ha de bom na Terra e no Sol (ha milhes de sois), No teras coisas em segunda ou terceira mo, nem veras pelos olhos dos mortos, nem te alimentaras dos espectros dos livros, Nem atraves dos meus olhos veras, nem de mim teras as coisas, Escutaras tudo e todos e tudo em ti filtraras. Um livro para ler no vagar dos dias, saboreando cada lugar que o autor percorre, percorrendo-os nos mesmos, com a imaginaço.

Whitman published his Leaves of Grass in 1855 and prepared eight other editions during the next thirty-five years. These incorporated completely new poems as well as extensive changes in those that had already appeared. The changes served to emphasize the prophetic strand in his poetry - Whitman as the exuberant champion of political and sexual emancipation. Francis Murphy has chosen to print the final 'death-bed' edition (1891-2) of Leaves of Grass, in accordance with a note of instruction left by the poet to his future editors. But earlier versions of many poems are also given in the notes so that the reader can follow Whitman's development. In addition, the 1855 version of one of his most important poems, Song of Myself, is given in full in an appendix. Whitman's early poems appear in another appendix, so that, apart from manuscript fragments left on his death, the present edition contains all of Whitman's known work.

The poetry of Walt Whitman is the cornerstone of modern American verse. He was America's first truly great poet and his influence is still evident today. The first edition of Whitman's "Leaves of Grass, published in 1855, was a revolutionary manifesto declaring America's independence from European cultural domination. His rhapsodic free verse broke radically with poetic, tradition: it was poetry about America, its democracy, its people, and its hopes. It was uniquely American without apology--brash, proud, optimistic, and filled with the bustling energy of the new and growing nation. This collection brings together Whitman's greatest and most famous poems spanning the whole of his career. From the groundbreaking first edition of "Leaves of Grass are seven poems, including "Song of Myself" and "I Sing the Body Electric." From later editions there are such masterpieces as "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and "I Hear America Singing." Also included is Whitman's great cycle of Civil War Poems, "Drum-Taps, which he wrote in the months when he was ministering to the wounded in battlefield hospitals. Concluding this collection is one of his last poems, "Good-bye My Fancy!"--his touching farewell to his muse, his life, and his readers. More than one hundred years after his death, Walt Whitman's poetry has become part of the American heritage. It is a visionary which speaks as aptly to readers today as it will to future generations. As he says in "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," "others...look back on me because I look'd forward to them." Whitman's poetry is a link that connects all Americans--past, present, and future. This book features a deluxe cover, ribbon marker, top stain, and decorative endpaper with a nameplate.

The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfect gift for everyone.

To mark 160 years since its first publication, a new edition of the great American poet's most famous workDo I contradict myself?Very well then I contradict myself.(I am large, I contain multitudes.)Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageousthis is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of 19th-century American life of all ages and races. Revolutionary in style and controversial in content when it was first published in 1855, Whitman's masterwork has since inspired generations with its intoxicating rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy.

Hojas de hierba es un libro de texto del autor Walt Whitman, editado por la Universidad de León, en el año 1999.