"Leaves of Grass" - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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An 1855-56 Notebook toward the Second Edition of Leaves of Grass

Book by Walt Whitman; Southern Illinois University Press, 1959

Subjects:

Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Leaves Of Grass

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...TOWARD THE SECOND EDITION OF LEAVES OF GRASS INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY...spine of the second edition of Leaves of Grass , 1856. Collectors today join...before the first twelve poems of Leaves of Grass appeared in print on or about...
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Whitman, Slavery, and the Emergence of Leaves of Grass

Book by Martin Klammer; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995

Subjects:

African Americans In Literature, Literature And Society--United States--History--19th Century, Race Relations In Literature, Slavery In Literature, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Leaves Of Grass, Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Political And Social Views

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...SLAVERY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF LEAVES OF GRASS Martin Klammer WHITMAN, SLAVERY, AND THE EMERGENCE OF LEAVES OF GRASS The Pennsylvania State University...slavery, and the emergence of Leaves of grass / Martin Klammer. p. cm. Includes...
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Leaves of Grass

Book by Walt Whitman; Modern Library, 1921

Subjects:

Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This personalized group of poems arranged autobiographically has influenced generations of American poets.
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Walt Whitman Handbook

Book by Gay Wilson Allen; Packard, 1946

Subjects:

Whitman, Walt--1819-1892

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...II The Growth of Leaves of Grass and the Prose Works 104...V Literary Technique in Leaves of Grass 375...of California dissertation on Leaves of Grass and the Bhagavad Gita: A Comparative...
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Walt Whitman: Here and Now

Book by Joann P. Krieg; Greenwood Press, 1985

Subjects:

Whitman, Walt--1819-1892--Criticism And Interpretation--Congresses

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...frontispiece of the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. WALT WHITMAN Here...indicated, all quotations from Leaves of Grass are reprinted by permission of...University Press from Walt Whitmans Leaves of Grass: Readers Comprehensive Edition...

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"Restless Explorations": Whitman's Evolving Spiritual Vision in Leaves of Grass

Journal article by Ernest Smith; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 43, 2007

Subjects:

American poetry--Criticism and interpretation, American poetry--Works, Leaves of Grass (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Whitman, Walt--Criticism and interpretation, Whitman, Walt--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Whitmans Evolving Spiritual Vision in Leaves of Grass. by Ernest Smith The...preface to the first edition of Leaves of Grass that the work of the poet would...early on for what would become Leaves of Grass, Whitman once wrote, "What name...
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Whitman and his Doubles: Division and Union in Leaves of Grass and Its Critics

Journal article by Mark Maslan; American Literary History, Vol. 6, 1994

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Doubles: Division and Union in Leaves of Grass and Its Critics Mark Maslan...Revision and Corporeality in Leaves of Grass By Michael Moon Harvard University...point. When he writes that Leaves of Grass teaches us to "treat with suspicion...
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"A Thousand Willing Forms": The Evolution of Whitman's Wounded Bodies

Journal article by Leslie Jamison; Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 35, 2007

Subjects:

American literature (Early national period)--Criticism and interpretation, American literature (Early national period)--Influence, American literature (Early national period)--Works, American literature--1783-1850, American literature--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Influence, American literature--Works, Leaves of Grass (Book)--Influence, Whitman, Walt--Criticism and interpretation, Whitman, Walt--Influence, Whitman, Walt--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...many of the guiding concerns of Leaves of Grass--the enigma of intimacy, the aftermath...surfaces of his prose. In the 1855 Leaves of Grass, Whitman frames the wounded body...bonding that appear throughout Leaves of Grass, particularly the lusty eroticism...
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Wedded in Natural Matrimony: Cosmic Love in Wordsworth and Whitman

Journal article by D.J. Moores; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 56, 2004

Subjects:

Literature--Research, Whitman, Walt, Wordsworth, William

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...prior to the 1855 publication of Leaves of Grass, despite having written a review...before the first publication of Leaves of Grass. Gravil concedes that "there is...often overstated, influence on Leaves of Grass. My purpose, rather, is to continue...
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Walt Whitman's Presence in Maxine Hong Kingston's 'Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book

Journal article by James T.F. Tanner; MELUS, Vol. 20, 1995

Subjects:

Kingston, Maxine Hong--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Literature and society--Analysis, Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Whitman, Walt--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...continuing influence of Whitmans Leaves of Grass as a primary text/guide for the...merely Walt Whitman himself or Leaves of Grass alone, that predominates in this...But it is the Walt Whitman of Leaves of Grass who wrote "Facing West From Californias...

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Songs of Whitman: Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch Crowns a Lifetime of Achievement with Leaves of Grass, an Evening-Long Composition Based on the Poetry of Protoqueer Poet Walt Whitman

Magazine article by Kenny Fries; The Advocate, April 1, 2003

Subjects:

Hersch, Fred--Production management, Hersch, Fred--Works, Jazz musicians--Production management, Jazz musicians--Works, Jazz piano music--Production management, Jazz piano music--Works, Leaves of Grass (Book)--Influence, Piano music (Jazz)--Production management, Piano music (Jazz)--Works, Whitman, Walt--Influence

Collections: Entire Library

...a Lifetime of Achievement with Leaves of Grass, an Evening-Long Composition Based...for his new full-evening piece, Leaves of Grass, debuting in Michigan in late...tenor say, cello, bass, and drums, Leaves of Grass will feature a top-notch international...
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Hersch's Whitman Sampler: Jazz Luminary Fred Hersch Unfurls Leaves of Grass, an Ensemble Vocal Work Based on the Classic Collection by Gay Poet Walt Whitman

Magazine article by Joseph Dalton; The Advocate, April 12, 2005

Subjects:

Hersch, Fred--Works, Jazz musicians--Works, Poets--Works, Whitman, Walt--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...Jazz Luminary Fred Hersch Unfurls Leaves of Grass, an Ensemble Vocal Work Based...thinking behind his new recording, Leaves of Grass (Palmetto). "Whitmans universal...great gay poet, releasing his own Leaves of Grass CD to coincide with the 150th...
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10 Most Hated Books

Magazine article by John Weir; The Advocate, June 24, 1997

Subjects:

Another Country (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Daddy's Roomate (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Gay literature--Censorship, Gloria Goes to Gay Pride (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Heather Has Two Mommies (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Howl and Other Poems (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Leaves of Grass (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Maurice (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Naked Lunch (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Sex in literature--Censorship, Sexuality--Censorship, Sexuality--Portrayals, The City and the Pillar (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, The Color Purple (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, The Education of Harriet Hatfield (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, The Well of Loneliness (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...homoerotic collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was banned in Boston in 1881...as a literary masterwork. But Leaves of Grass is still vulnerable to censorship...recently, the classroom. 1. LEAVES OF GRASS Its easy to see now how Whitman...
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Worshipping Walt: Lancashire's Whitman Disciples: Michael Robertson Tells How a Group of Lower-Middle-Class Men in Late-Victorian England Found the American Poet an Inspiration in Their Desire to Reconcile Spirituality, Science and Socialism

Magazine article by Michael Robertson; History Today, Vol. 54, April 2004

Subjects:

Poets--Appreciation, Whitman, Walt--Appreciation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...doctor in Bolton, had read Whitmans Leaves of Grass (1855) during a spiritual crisis...heterosexual courtship and marriage. In Leaves of Grass nothing is more sacred than comradeship...Johnston gave a friend a copy of Leaves of Grass inscribed with a verse from Calamus...
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For the Record

Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 51, December 20, 1999

Subjects:

United States--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...dinner in Bulgaria attended by President Clinton, President Petar Stoyanov delivers toast by reading from Whitmans Leaves of Grass Roger Clinton, presidential half-brother, plans to perform at concert in North Korea and donate fee to charity...

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Dry of Wit, Man on Deadline Ponders Unmow'd Leaves of Grass

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 28, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Dry of Wit, Man on Deadline Ponders Unmowd Leaves of Grass. Byline: Burt Constable A child said, "What...the child?" wondered Walt Whitman in a poem from his "Leaves of Grass" volume. "I do not know what it is any more than he...
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Nurse to Injured, Poet of Battlefield

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 10, 2005

Subjects:

Leaves of Grass (Poetry collection), Nurses, Poets, Whitman, Walt

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Interior, but a superior referred to "Leaves of Grass" (1855) as "indecent," and its...revised, the 12th edition of "Leaves of Grass" appeared shortly before his death...included in the final edition of "Leaves of Grass." In 1873, he was paralyzed by...
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Washington as Seen through Whitman's Eyes; Poet's Letters during 10-Year Stay Serve as Guide

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 13, 2004

Subjects:

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, Whitman, Walt

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...took his symphonys text from "Leaves of Grass." The concert takes place just...tinkering with his magnum opus, "Leaves of Grass," already published in separate...1856 and 1860. In fact, it was "Leaves of Grass" that caused him to be dismissed...
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Journey into Souls of Two Excellent Men; Admirers from a Distance

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 14, 2004

Subjects:

Whitman, Walt

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Whitmans first volume of poetry, "Leaves of Grass," and took it to their office...after he had read and reread "Leaves of Grass." In June 1857, Lincoln delivered...seems at least possible that "Leaves of Grass" had as great an effect on Lincolns...
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War's Emotions, Images Inspired Walt Whitman

Newspaper article by Ken Kryvoruka; The Washington Times, March 23, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...years scratching out a living as a free-lance writer in Brooklyn. Instead, Georges experience drew the author of "Leaves of Grass" close to the war and had a profound effect on his career for, as he would later recognize, the Civil War was at the...

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Whitman, Walt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and the brotherhood of man. His Leaves of Grass, unconventional in both content...later worked as a carpenter. Leaves of Grass In 1855 Whitman published at...expense a volume of 12 poems, Leaves of Grass, which he had begun working on...
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Free Verse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Solomon and the Psalms, to certain poems of Matthew Arnold , and to the irregular poetry of Walt Whitman s Leaves of Grass. The form is also closely associated with English and American poets of the 20th cent. who sought greater liberty...
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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...into an adventure tale of whaling days profound symbolic significance; and the rolling measures of Walt Whitman s Leaves of Grass (1st ed. 1855), which employed a new kind of poetry and proclaimed the optimistic principles of American democracy...

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