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Modern Library giants volume G50
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English
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Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many...
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Door of no return volume 1
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English
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"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a...
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English
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"One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the detective story and the science-fiction story. Some of his poems--"The Raven," "The Bells," "Annabel Lee"--Remain among the most popular in American literature. Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here are familiar favorites like "The Purloined Letter." "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," together...
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Library of America volume 3
Pub. Date
[1982]
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1,380 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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This is the most comprehensive volume of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. This is also the only collection that includes, in exactly the form in which it appeared in 1855, the first edition of Leaves of Grass. This was the book, a commercial failure, that prompted Emerson's famous message to Whitman: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career". These twelve poems,...
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Library of America volume 66-67
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
2 volumes ; 21 cm.
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English
12) Collected poems
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416 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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A powerful collection of verses by one of America's greatest poets. These beautiful, profound meditations on nature, spirit, faith, and love were created by the brilliant imagination of one of our most original poets.
13) Selected poems
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English
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Generous sampling from Leaves of Grass. Twenty-four poems include "I Hear America Singing," "Song of the Open Road," "I Sing the Body Electric," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "O Captain! My Captain!"--All reprinted from an authoritative edition. Lists of titles and first lines.
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Library of America volume 117
Pub. Date
2000.
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854 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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©2007
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ix, 113 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece "Song of Myself." Shattering standard conventions of symbolism and allegory, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature.
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[2022]
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63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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"In this gorgeously crafted collection of poems, you'll find twenty-five of Emily Dickinson's most beloved works, each brought to life in stunning, full-color collage illustrations. With helpful definitions, critical commentary, and thought-provoking questions for each poem, 'The Illustrated Emily Dickinson' is the most accessible--and beautiful--introduction to the Belle of Amherst available!"--
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