Bibliograph

Walt Whitman speaks:, his final thoughts on life, writing, spirituality, and the promise of America, as told to Horace Traubel ; edited and with an introduction by Brenda Wineapple

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Walt Whitman speaks:, his final thoughts on life, writing, spirituality, and the promise of America, as told to Horace Traubel ; edited and with an introduction by Brenda Wineapple

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walt Whitman speaks:

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1044689531

Sub title

his final thoughts on life, writing, spirituality, and the promise of America, as told to Horace Traubel ; edited and with an introduction by Brenda Wineapple

Summary

"Here is Whitman the sage, champion of expansiveness and human freedom. Here too, is the poet's more personal side--his vivid memories of Thoreau, Emerson, and Lincoln, his literary judgments of writers such as Shakespeare, Goethe, and Tolstoy, and his expressions of hope in the democratic promise of the nation he loved. The result is a keepsake edition to touch the soul, capturing the distilled wisdom of America's greatest poet"--from Jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Brenda Wineapple -- Nature -- The human heart -- Writing -- Writers -- Reading -- Leaves of Grass -- My poetry -- Literature -- Critics -- Art and artists -- Self-reliance -- Egotism -- Self-reflection -- Women -- Love -- Sex -- Friendship -- Democracy -- America -- The Civil War -- Lincoln -- Heroes -- History -- Biography -- Politics and politicians -- Radicals -- Internationalism -- Science -- Religion -- Mystery, faith, and the universe -- Immortality -- My philosophy -- Spirituality -- Success -- Aging

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