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The Sea is a Continual Miracle: Sea Poems and Other Writings by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
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Hardback. The greatest sea poems of Walt Whitman Editor(s): Yang, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
From his earliest days on Long Island and in New York City to his last years in Camden, New Jersey, Walt Whitman lived close to the sea he knew and loved. The liquid-flowing syllables of Whitman's poetry and prose tell specific stories of particular voyages and known shores, as well as vivid flights of imagination and keening paeans to wild winds, dark water, stormy and quiet airs. The land, for Whitman, is both immutable and still, while the sea is a realm of dynamic change, mercurial temper, and the ebb and flow of cosmic uncertainty. From Mannahatta ... Read more
From his earliest days on Long Island and in New York City to his last years in Camden, New Jersey, Walt Whitman lived close to the sea he knew and loved. The liquid-flowing syllables of Whitman's poetry and prose tell specific stories of particular voyages and known shores, as well as vivid flights of imagination and keening paeans to wild winds, dark water, stormy and quiet airs. The land, for Whitman, is both immutable and still, while the sea is a realm of dynamic change, mercurial temper, and the ebb and flow of cosmic uncertainty. From Mannahatta ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781512600599
SKU
V9781512600599
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Walt Whitman
WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892) is one of the preeminent poets of the American canon, known chiefly for the epic poetry of Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855 and revised many times over the course of his life. JEFFREY YANG is the author of the poetry collections Vanishing-Line and An Aquarium, the translator of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo's June ... Read more
Reviews for The Sea is a Continual Miracle: Sea Poems and Other Writings by Walt Whitman
Yang's important volume provides a definitive demonstration of how the liquid and mystic power of the sea is critical to appreciating the scope of Whitman's prodigious innovations and accomplishments.
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