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Walt Whitman
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Publisher
Cider Mill Press Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A ... 150th Anniversary Edition of Whitman's celebrated Civil War poems, accompanied by moving photographs and artwork shedding new light on this tragic but significant chapter in American history. [This book] is the complete Civil War poem collection by Walt Whitman, including the celebrated Oh, Captain, My Captain!, and augmented with Whitman's essays from the period on subjects such as Secession, Abraham Lincoln, working in the Civil War hospitals,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
The cantata, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936, was commissioned to mark the centenary of the Huddersfield Choral Society. Vaughan Williams drew his texts from the Mass, three poems by Walt Whitman, a political speech by John Bright, and sections of the Bible. The work is scored for chorus and large orchestra, with soprano and baritone soloists. The phrase Dona nobis pacem ("Give us peace"), in different settings, punctuates the entire piece....
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Little Poet Walt Whitman: Miracles Everywhere shows little ones how to find the miracles of daily life with lines from Walt Whitman's "Miracles" in Leaves of Grass. Learn to spot the miracles in houses and towns, birds, bees, and butterflies, the moon and stars, and more with Whitman's famous poetry and Carme Lemniscates' adorable artwork. Inspiring little readers to Be Creative, Be Brilliant, and Be Yourself, with Walt Whitman, everything is a miracle!"--Publisher...
