The Walt Whitman Reader: Selections from Leaves of Grass

By Walt Whitman

Thirty-four poems from Leaves of Grass are accompanied by essays by T.S. Eliot and D.H. Lawrence. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156138268X
• ISBN13: 9781561382682
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Courage/ Running Press
• Length: 1000 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.5" x 1.3"

Customer Reviews

A Great Selection from New York's Greatest Poet

Few poets have had such an impact on American poetry--or on modern poetry--than Brooklyn-born Walt Whitman. His joys and excitement, his pains and despair, are eloquent and sincere. This wonderful collection has all the best poems from LEAVES OF GRASS, which Whitman had written, edited, and rewritten for over 40 years. The great poems, at least to me, are: "Walt Whitman (Song of Myself)", "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking", "O Captain, My Captain", and "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." These and dozens others are available in this fine collection. For readers new to Walt Whitman, this is an ideal place to start.

lovely and moving

i had never read anything of walt whitman's before, but i am now hooked. this is honestly some of the best poetry i have read in a long time. i definitely recommend it to anyone who's a fan of poetry!