Walt Whitman

Druhé, revidované vydanie Spevu o mne vychádza na dvesté narodeniny Walta Whitmana. Táto úvodná báseň zo zbierky Listy trávy (1855), sa považuje za jednu z najvýznamnejších básní v americkej literatúre. Nadčasová báseň o demokracii a fantázii, o živote a smrti, o úžasnej skúsenosti človeka so … Zobraziť viac info ►

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars. .. First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over thirty years, 'Leaves of Grass' has become one of the most celebrated poetry collections in the history of American literature. … Zobraziť viac info ►

Kniha Listy trávy je první český překlad původního vydání Leaves of Grass (1855) Walta Whitmana. Obsahuje i pasáže, které v pozdějších vydáních sám básník vyškrtal nebo poupravil. Vůbec poprvé si tu český čtenář může přečíst i Whitmanovu rozsáhlou předmluvu, proslulý a vlivný poetický manifest. Samotnou … Zobraziť viac info ►

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Spev o mne, úvodná báseň zo zbierky Walta Whitmana Steblá trávy (1855), sa považuje za jednu z najvýznamnejších básní v americkej literatúre. Táto nadčasová báseň o demokracii a fantázii, o živote a smrti, o úžasnej skúsenosti človeka so svojou vlastnou existenciou v mnohých ohľadoch doteraz … Zobraziť viac info ►

First published in 1855 with Whitman's own money, Leaves of Grass is a highly sensual collection of verses that became a monument to American poetry. The journalist, philosopher, clerk, and Civil War nurse spent the following four decades revising and expanding the work from twelve poems to a massive four-hundred-poem compilation. Celebrating … Zobraziť viac info ►

A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift for poetry lovers. In 1855 Walt Whitman published his … Zobraziť viac info ►

As Malcolm Cowley says in his introduction, the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" 'might be called the buried masterpiece of American writing', for it exhibits 'Whitman at his best, Whitman at his freshest in vision and boldest in language, Whitman transformed by a new experience. ' Mr Cowley has taken the first edition from its narrow circulation among … Zobraziť viac info ►

Whitman is today regarded as America's Homer or Dante, and his work the touchstone for literary originality in the New World. In Leaves of Grass, he abandoned the rules of traditional poetry - breaking the standard metred line, discarding the obligatory rhyming scheme, and using the vernacular. Emily Dickinson condemned his sexual and physiological allusions … Zobraziť viac info ►