{"product_id":"the-portable-walt-whitman-isbn-9780142437681","title":"The Portable Walt Whitman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive collection of Whitman's most beloved works of poetry, prose, and short stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Walt Whitman self-published \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e in 1855 it was a slim volume of twelve poems and he was a journalist and poet from Long Island, little-known but full of ambition and poetic fire. To give a new voice to the new nation shaken by civil war, he spent his entire life revising and adding to the work, but his initial act of bravado in answering Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for a national poet has made Whitman the quintessential American writer. This rich cross-section of his work includes poems from throughout Whitman's lifetime as published on his deathbed edition of 1891, short stories, his prefaces to the many editions of \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, and a variety of prose selections, including \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Vistas, Specimen Days\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlang in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003eThe Portable Walt Whitman\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems From \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeaves Of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(dates indicate first book publication)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1855:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSong of Myself\u003cbr\u003eA Song for Occupations\u003cbr\u003eTo Think of Time\u003cbr\u003eThe Sleepers\u003cbr\u003eI Sing the Body Electric\u003cbr\u003eFaces\u003cbr\u003eThere Was a Child Went Forth\u003cbr\u003eWho Learns My Lesson Complete?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1856:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolded Out of the Folds\u003cbr\u003eSong of the Broad-Axe\u003cbr\u003eTo You\u003cbr\u003eThis Compost\u003cbr\u003eCrossing Brooklyn Ferry\u003cbr\u003eSong of the Open Road\u003cbr\u003eA Woman Waits for Me\u003cbr\u003eTo a Foil'd European Revolutionaire\u003cbr\u003eSpontaneous Me\u003cbr\u003eA Song of the Rolling Earth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1860:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting from Paumanok\u003cbr\u003eFrom Pent-up Aching Rivers\u003cbr\u003eMe Imperturbe\u003cbr\u003eI Hear America Singing\u003cbr\u003eAs I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life\u003cbr\u003eYou Felons on Trial in Courts\u003cbr\u003eThe World below the Brine\u003cbr\u003eI Sit and Look Out\u003cbr\u003eAll Is Truth\u003cbr\u003eOut of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking\u003cbr\u003eNative Moments\u003cbr\u003eOnce I Pass'd through a Populous City\u003cbr\u003eOnce I Pass'd through a Populous City (draft version)\u003cbr\u003eFacing West from California's Shores\u003cbr\u003eAs Adam Early in the Morning\u003cbr\u003eLive Oak, with Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI. (Not Heat Flames up and Consumes)\u003cbr\u003eII. (I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing)\u003cbr\u003eIII. (When I Heard at the Close of the Day)\u003cbr\u003eIV. (This Moment Yearning and Thoughtful)\u003cbr\u003eV. (Calamus 8: \"Long I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me\")\u003cbr\u003eVI. (What Think You I Take My Pen in Hand?)\u003cbr\u003eVII. (Recorders Ages Hence!)\u003cbr\u003eVIII. (Calamus 9: \"Hours continuing long, sore and heavy-hearted\")\u003cbr\u003eIX. (I Dreamed in a Dream)\u003cbr\u003eX. (O You Whom I Often and Silently Come)\u003cbr\u003eXI. (Earth! My Likeness)\u003cbr\u003eXXI. (To a Western Boy)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalamus:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Paths Untrodden\u003cbr\u003eScented Herbage of My Breast\u003cbr\u003eWhoever You Are Holding Me Now in Hand\u003cbr\u003eFor You O Democracy\u003cbr\u003eThese I Singing in Spring\u003cbr\u003eOf the Terrible Doubt of Appearances\u003cbr\u003eThe Base of All Metaphysics (added 1871)\u003cbr\u003eAre You the New Person Drawn toward Me?\u003cbr\u003eRoots and Leaves Themselves Alone\u003cbr\u003eOf Him I Love Day and Night\u003cbr\u003eCity of Orgies\u003cbr\u003eTo a Stranger\u003cbr\u003eI Hear It Was Charged Against Me\u003cbr\u003eWe Two Boys Together Clinging\u003cbr\u003eHere The Frailest Leaves of Me\u003cbr\u003eA Glimpse\u003cbr\u003eSometimes with One I Love\u003cbr\u003eAmong the Multitude\u003cbr\u003eThat Shadow My Likeness\u003cbr\u003eFull of Life Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo Him That Was Crucified\u003cbr\u003eTo a Common Prostitute\u003cbr\u003eTo You\u003cbr\u003eMannahatta\u003cbr\u003eA Hand-Mirror\u003cbr\u003eVisor'd\u003cbr\u003eAs if a Phantom Caress'd Me\u003cbr\u003eSo Long!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1865-66:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrum-Taps (1865) and Sequel to Drum-Taps (1865-66):\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShut Not Your Doors\u003cbr\u003eBeat! Beat! Drums!\u003cbr\u003eCity of Ships\u003cbr\u003eCavalry Crossing a Ford\u003cbr\u003eBivouac on a Mountain Side\u003cbr\u003eAn Army Corps on the March (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eBy the Bivouac's Fitful Flame\u003cbr\u003eCome Up from the Fields Father\u003cbr\u003eVigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night\u003cbr\u003eA March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown\u003cbr\u003eA Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim\u003cbr\u003eAs Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods\u003cbr\u003eThe Wound-Dresser\u003cbr\u003eWhen I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer\u003cbr\u003eA Farm Picture\u003cbr\u003eGive Me the Splendid Silent Sun\u003cbr\u003eTo a Certain Civilian\u003cbr\u003eYears of the Modern\u003cbr\u003eOver the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice\u003cbr\u003eAs I Lay with My Head in Your Lap Camerado (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eOut of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd\u003cbr\u003eI Saw Old General at Bay\u003cbr\u003eLook Down Fair Moon\u003cbr\u003eReconciliation (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eWhen Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eO Captain! My Captain! (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eOld War-Dreams (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eChanting the Square Deific (1865-66)\u003cbr\u003eI Heard You Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ (1865-66)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1867:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne's Self I Sing\u003cbr\u003eThe Runner\u003cbr\u003eWhen I Read the Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1871:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePassage to India\u003cbr\u003eProud Music of the Storm\u003cbr\u003eA Noiseless Patient Spider\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Invocation\u003cbr\u003eOn the Beach at Night\u003cbr\u003eSparkles from the Wheel\u003cbr\u003eGods\u003cbr\u003eJoy, Shipmate, Joy!\u003cbr\u003eEthiopia Saluting the Colors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1872:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Mystic Trumpeter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1876:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrayer of Columbus\u003cbr\u003eTo a Locomotive in Winter\u003cbr\u003eThe Ox-Tamer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1881:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dalliance of the Eagles\u003cbr\u003eA Clear Midnight\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1888:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs I Sit Writing Here\u003cbr\u003eBroadway\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1891:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnseen Buds\u003cbr\u003eGood-bye My Fancy!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePROSE WRITINGS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Child's Champion\"\u003cbr\u003ePrefaces and Afterwords from \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface to \"Leaves of Grass\", 1855\u003cbr\u003eLetter to Ralph Waldo Emerson, from \"Leaves of Grass\", 1856\u003cbr\u003ePreface to \"As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free,\" 1872\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Centennial Edition of \"Leaves of Grass\", 1876\u003cbr\u003e\"A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads,\" 1888\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Democratic Vistas\"\u003cbr\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eSpecimen Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Slang in America\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Titles and First Lines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e (1819-1892) was born on Long Island and educated in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a printer's devil, journeyman compositor, itinerant schoolteacher, editor, and unofficial nurse to Northern and Southern soldiers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Warner\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of English at Rutgers University. His most recent works include \u003cb\u003eAmerican Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King\u003c\/b\u003e, and his essays and journalism have appeared in the \u003cb\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eNation\u003c\/b\u003e, and other magazines.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305093615845,"sku":"NP9780142437681","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142437681.jpg?v=1767741014","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-portable-walt-whitman-isbn-9780142437681","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}