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Title: Selected Poems by Walt Whitman ISBN: 0-486-26878-0 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good introduction to Whitman
Comment: This review is about the Dover Thrift Editions publication entitled "Walt Whitman Selected Poems" [Unabridged]. 119 pgs.
If you are any kind of fan or student of Walt Whitman, you probably own (or at least know of) "Leaves of Grass", which is THE definitive collection of Whitman's work, as it contains virtually all of his poems. Over the course of his lifetime, he continually added, revised and reorganized his material, right up until his death in 1892. Several additional poems were added to the 1897 posthumous edition, but the 24 poems chosen for this particular collection ("Selected Poems") appear unabridged and in the original chronology, as they appeared in the final Whitman edition of 'Leaves' in 1892.
The Table of Contents lists both the names of the poems and the Section titles under which they fall in 'Leaves', for easy cross-reference if you feel so inclined. In the rear of this book are two lists that readers who are already familiar with Whitman's work might find helpful for easier reference - Alphabetical List of Titles & Alphabetical List of First Lines - although readers who are new to Whitman may find no use in them at all.
In short, this book is good (and CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP!!!) for those who merely wish to acquaint themselves with one of America's most well known 19th century Poets. However, if you already have an appreciation for Whitman, you might do better sticking with 'Leaves of Grass' (which you probably already own or have read anyway!). I have given this book 4 stars, from a new student perspective. It would have been nice to have a little bit of biographical info on Whitman to round out the experience, but you can't beat this book for the price!
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Title: The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost ISBN: 0486275507 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 19 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson ISBN: 0486264661 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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Title: Favorite Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ISBN: 0486272737 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 21 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: The Raven and Other Favorite Poems by Edgar Allan Poe ISBN: 0486266850 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 January, 1991 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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Title: 101 Great American Poems by The American Poetry & Literacy Project ISBN: 0486401588 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 09 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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