WITH WALT WHITMAN, HIMSELF: IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, IN AMERICA | by Jean Huets
“A true Whitmanian feast—for the intellect as well as for the eyes.” — Ed Folsom, editor Walt Whitman Quarterly
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“A beautiful book of windows onto the life of Walt Whitman…. From the clear ringing prose to the fascinating photographs and colored illustrations of the great poet’s life we find the man anew—standing in his time and looking straight at us. [Huets] has made a book of marvels and I can’t put it down.” — Steve Scafidi, Poet Laureate, Virginia
Explore the fascinating roots of Whitman’s great work, Leaves of Grass: a family harrowed by alcoholism and mental illness; the bloody Civil War; burgeoning, brawling Manhattan and Brooklyn; literary allies and rivals; and his beloved America, racked by disunion even while racing westward. Over 300 color period images immerse the reader in the life and times of Walt Whitman.
I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC, annotated
This free interactive publication of “I Sing the Body Electric” is illustrated with artworks from Whitman’s time as well as interpretive images. Annotations by Jean Huets unravel terms obscure to modern readers, while offering interpretations toward a deep and joyful understanding of the poem’s themes and images. Available only to iOS devices. Get it free on iTunes
WITH WALT WHITMAN IN CAMDEN | Horace Traubel
“The most truthful biography in the language.”
Nearly every evening for the last four years of Walt Whitman’s life, Horace Traubel wrote an account of his daily visit with the poet. His account quotes Whitman’s insights on a wide range of topics: US and international politics, celebrities and ordinary people, art, literature and the literary scene, publishing and printing craft, music, street life in a nineteenth-century working class neighborhood, and of course his poetic process and reflections on his great work Leave of Grass.
We draw close to Walt Whitman himself, a man pledged to simplicity in his life style, approaching death with candor and stoicism, and ever engaged, even on his deathbed, with the rank and file of humanity. Traubel’s diary has been justly called “the most truthful biography in the language.”
The Circling Rivers ebook captures in one volume With Walt Whitman in Camden, originally published as nine volumes. Complete searching and reading are enhanced, and typographical errors and inconsistencies from previous editions are carefully corrected. NOTE: The illustrations from the print edition are not included. However, links to illustrations are provided HERE.
“A life-like portrait appears before the reader.… There are so many good things in this book that one does not know what to cite. We must conclude that Traubel was a good reporter because he knew how by questions and remarks to bring Whitman out.” — Albert Mordell, Pa. Magazine of History and Biography
POCKET EDITION OF LEAVES OF GRASS
“I shall never be set at rest till we have Leaves of Grass in such little volumes—Song of Myself in one—and so on.” — Horace Traubel, from With Walt Whitman in Camden
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The Circling Rivers Pocket Edition of the complete Leaves of Grass is issued just as Walt Whitman’s close friend wished: a set of “little volumes.” Each volume can fit in a jacket pocket, the back pocket of a pair of jeans, or even in an elegant evening bag.
MY POSTS ABOUT WALT WHITMAN on this site
SONG OF MYSELF PDF
From the 1881 edition of Leaves of Grass: PDF Song of Myself, free for you to enjoy. The text was cut/pasted from The Walt Whitman Archive. The layout offers plenty of room for your marginalia. Please note I can’t offer support or help with download issues, formatting, printers, etc. DOWNLOAD
WHITMANTHOLOGY
WHITMANTHOLOGY collects writings of authors from all over the world inspired by “Whitman’s Civil War: Writing and Imaging Loss, Death, and Disaster,” a MOOC course held by the University of Iowa in 2016. With a foreword by Professor Christopher Merrill, the anthology aims to bring peace and hope in a world filled with war and pain. | at Lulu