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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “I can sincerely say that I go to this book in the same way many people go to the Bible, and for similar reasons I think. "This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“JCU selection”
Krystine S wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A must-have for all poets and those who love reading poetry! Whitman is wonderful!”
Amy G wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Oh, the delights the range throughout. This is assuredly the best work of American Poetry.”
Michelle wrote this review 9 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“One of America's best! This small book with the full text of Leaves of Grass in it has been a constant companion of mine since I was in junior high. It has travelled around the world, and across the U.S. with me. Everyone should read it!!”
Kermit wrote this review Saturday, October 31 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“People who know me know that Whitman's poetry speaks to me like no other.
Victoria W wrote this review Wednesday, September 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I first read Whitman at fifteen and was struck by the cadence of his verse as much as the content. It was like he was trying to wrap his arms around the entire world
and take it all in. Were he alive today, I am sure he would have been enraptured by the Internet! I believe he would have also been a Deep Ecologist.
His "appeal" to the reader that begins the 1855 edition has been one of the defining credos of my life, more than anything else, certainly more than religion or any school of thought. Profoundly earthy, profoundly spirtual, profoundly human.”“It's like a religious text...beautiful and spiritual poetry.”
Ryan C wrote this review Saturday, September 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The brilliant first entry in the "Leaves of Grass Project." More clean and direct than later editions, this is Walt at the beginning of his career, and it's worth comparing this version to some of the later ones to watch Whitman revise himself in light of subsequent experiences such as his work as a wound dresser in the Civil War. His great enthusiasm for America is undiminished here. THe difference between the plain spoken free verse of Leaves of Grass and so much of the rest of 19th century poety is amazing. One of the most innovative poets in all of 19th century literature in any language.”
Greg G wrote this review Monday, August 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Perhaps the greatest book of American poetry ever written.”
CWnerd12 wrote this review Sunday, August 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The one and only Uncle Walt, the sensual American voice.”
Mark W wrote this review Wednesday, August 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
