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Elektronická kniha: Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass (jazyk: Angličtina)
E-kniha Walt Whitman: Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman[31.5.1819-26.3.1892] Americký spisovatel, básník a novinář. Je jedním ze zakladatelů moderní americké poezie a průkopník civilismu. V roce 1830 opustil školu a pracoval jako poslíček, od roku 1832 pracoval jako tiskařský učeň, později jako sazeč. V 18 letech (1837) se stal venkovským učitelem a o dva roky později (1829) vydavatelem, redaktorem a tiskařem malých novin Long Islander (v místě, kde...
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Of the terrible doubt of appearances,
Of the uncertainty after all, that we may be deluded,
That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all,
That may-be identity beyond the grave is a beautiful fable only,
May-be the things I perceive, the animals, plants, men, hills,
shining and flowing waters,
The skies of day and night, colors, densities, forms, may-be these
are (as doubtless they are) only apparitions, and the real
something has yet to be known,
(How often they dart out of themselves as if to confound me and mock me!
How often I think neither I know, nor any man knows, aught of them,)
May-be seeming to me what they are (as doubtless they indeed but seem)
as from my present point of view, and might prove (as of cour…
Lizzy Parker –
In Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman sings nature and his symbiosis with America, he sings the universe and his awareness of it all, but above all he sings the people and their quest for individuality and immortality.
I love Whitman for his love of the common people, for his praise of the most unlucky human beings (like slaves and prostitutes) as for his sense of justice.
Recommended reading!