Days with Walt Whitman - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Edward Carpenter

Language: English

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography Memoirs Non-fiction

1 / 9Preface, contents, portraits

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9 Chapter(s)

1. Preface, contents, portraits
2. A visit to Walt Whitman in 1877
3. Walt Whitman in 1884
4. Notes and appreciations - Whitman as prophet
5. Appendix to Whitman as prophet
6. Poetic form of 'Leaves of Grass'
7. Walt Whitman's children
8. Whitman and Emerson
9. Other works by the same author

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"Days with Walt Whitman" is a contemplative summary of the life of Walt Whitman and the making of the poet, by one of his followers. Edward Carpenter collected a half dozen essays he had written about different aspects of the American poet's work and habits. The essays have an ecstatic but grounded style, elevating Whitman to immortality, and showcasing Carpenter's familiarity with ancient Sanskrit texts. - Summary by Czandra

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