Walt WhitmanHaskell House, 1970 - 132 pages An exposition rather than a criticism of the works of Walt Whitman with a few critical considerations. The five sections into which this work is divided have reference respectively to Whitman's personality, his relations to & message for America, his art, his belief about the nature of democracy, & his ultimate spiritual creed. |
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Page 2
... Song of the Broad Axe . " Whitman's mother was Louisa Van Velsor , of Dutch descent , a woman healthy in body and mind , of cheer- 1 " Song of Myself . " 2 Walt Whitman , by R. M. Bucke , M.D. ( M'Kay , Philadelphia ) , p . 13 . 3 Ibid ...
... Song of the Broad Axe . " Whitman's mother was Louisa Van Velsor , of Dutch descent , a woman healthy in body and mind , of cheer- 1 " Song of Myself . " 2 Walt Whitman , by R. M. Bucke , M.D. ( M'Kay , Philadelphia ) , p . 13 . 3 Ibid ...
Page 54
... Song for Occupations " : Were all educations practical and ornamental , well dis- played out of one , what would it amount to ? " Or this line in the " Song of Myself " : " What was strewn in the amplest strewing the square rod about me ...
... Song for Occupations " : Were all educations practical and ornamental , well dis- played out of one , what would it amount to ? " Or this line in the " Song of Myself " : " What was strewn in the amplest strewing the square rod about me ...
Page 58
... Song of Myself " : " Smile , O voluptuous cool - breath'd earth ! Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees ! Earth of departed sunset - earth of the mountains misty - topt ! Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with ...
... Song of Myself " : " Smile , O voluptuous cool - breath'd earth ! Earth of the slumbering and liquid trees ! Earth of departed sunset - earth of the mountains misty - topt ! Earth of the vitreous pour of the full moon just tinged with ...
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