Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman : Leaves of Grass

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Strange fate than that of the first edition of the Leaves d'Herbe, since it has remained to this day unpublished in France where Whitman (1819 - 1892) is often confined to the role of traditional poet or even school. The eminence of this book in the 1855 edition is a reflection of the undeniable boldness of a poetic burn that 150 years of existence and seven successive versions seem to have always made dazzling and…

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Walt Whitman : Poems

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Walt Whitman, the American man of space, the man of popping up, of vocal swing, of the breath carried to its greatest amplitude, this man stands forever with his cries, his rages, his fervors. So much raw energy, so much naïvety, so many sound intuitions keep on activating the heart, exalting the body. It is the chance of a swell bath, with in addition this singular joy, heretic in poetry, to roam cheerfully on good…

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