Song of Myself by Robert Hass
Walt Whitman was deeply interested in the American language as it was emerging in his time. He was fascinated by the vocabularies of the sciences and the streets, and was a regular visitor to the New York Public Library, where he loved to peer into the provenience of the words he overheard and read. In this beautiful book, Robert Hass and Paul Ebencamp walk us through Whitman's "Song of Myself"--one of the greatest poems in American literature. Much is revealed about the words Whitman chose in 1855--their inflections, meanings, and native usages we wouldn't otherwise know. In doing so, we understand perhaps for the first time, Whitman's query in Song of Myself: "Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems?" In the first part of the collection, Hass an introduction to the poem and, with Paul Ebenkamp, a rich annotation of "Song of Myself"--both the first version from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, and the final, revised text that appeared in the so-called "Deathbed" edition of 1892. The second part of this book includes a selection of poems from across the span of Whitman's career that gives us a fresh look at Whitman's work.Paul Ebenkamp is the author of THE LOUDER THE ROOM, THE DARKER THE SCREEN (Timeless, Endless Light, 2015), Four Colors for the Based God (The Equalizer: Second Series, 2014), Seizured in the Ease (Mondo Bummer, 2013), and everything at afterundisclosedrecipients.blogspot.com. He is also the editor of Modernist Women Poets: An Anthology (together Moore (Omnidawn Publishing, co-edited with Brenda Hillman and Garrett Caples, 2015), The Etiquette of Freedom: Gary Snyder and the Practice of the Wild (Counterpoint, 2010), and Song of Myself: Collected Poems and a Lexicon of Walt Whitman (Counterpoint, 2009). In 2012, SPT Poet's Theater performed a play called You Have to Take Care of My Work Together. Recently published poetry can be found in Dusie and Where Eagles Dare. He composes music using strings and devices as Position. He co-curates the Woolsey Heights reading series in Berkeley, California, with Andrew Kenower.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781582437118 |
| ISBN 10 | 1582437114 |
| Title | Song of Myself |
| Author | Robert Hass |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Counterpoint |
| Year published | 2011-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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