"I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease...observing a spear of summer grass." So begins Leaves of Grass, the first great American poem and indeed, to this day, the greatest and most essentially American poem in all our national literature. The publication of Leaves of Grass in July 1855 was a landmark event in literary history. Ralph Waldo Emerson judged the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." Nothing like the volume had ever appeared before. Everything about it--the unusual jacket and title page, the exuberant preface, the twelve free-flowing, untitled poems embracing every realm of experience--was new. The 1855 edition broke new ground in its relaxed style, which prefigured free verse; in its sexual candor; in its images of racial bonding and democratic togetherness; and in the intensity of its affirmation of the sanctity of the physical world. This Anniversary Edition captures the typeface, design and layout of the original edition supervised by Whitman himself. Today's readers get a sense of the "ur-text" of Leaves of Grass, the first version of this historic volume, before Whitman made many revisions of both format and style. The volume also boasts an afterword by Whitman authority David Reynolds, in which he discusses the 1855 edition in its social and cultural contexts: its background, its reception, and its contributions to literary history. There is also an appendix containing the early responses to the volume, including Emerson's letter, Whitman's three self-reviews, and the twenty other known reviews published in various newspapers and magazines. This special volume will be a must-have keepsake for fans of Whitman and lovers of American poetry.
He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
評分He values the importance of idleness which frees your mind to contemplate beyond usual preoccupations and he then pairs the notion with the purpose of journey or quest. Be complete in yourself,be fully individual,be self-reliant,and also immerse in comman l...
這本詩集簡直是一場感官的盛宴,初讀時,我被那種磅礴的氣勢和近乎於“無所不包”的主題所震撼。它不是那種循規蹈矩的詩歌,更像是一條洶湧澎湃的河流,將所有關於生命、自然、自我、以及人類共同命運的碎片一並捲入其中。詩人的語言充滿瞭原始的生命力,沒有矯飾的雕琢,卻有著直擊人心的力量。他似乎毫不費力地就能在描繪一片草葉的脈絡時,瞬間將視角拉升到宇宙的洪荒之中。特彆是那些對“我”的頌揚,那種自信、坦蕩、甚至有些近乎神性的自我肯定,讀來令人熱血沸騰。我仿佛跟著他走遍瞭美國廣袤的土地,從喧囂的城市到寜靜的田野,每一個場景都被賦予瞭不朽的意義。閱讀的過程更像是一種沉浸式的體驗,我需要放慢呼吸,去捕捉那些看似隨意的排列中蘊含的韻律和激情。它挑戰瞭傳統的詩歌結構和道德約束,以一種近乎於先知般的口吻,宣告著一種全新的、更自由的生命哲學。這本書的魅力在於它的“在場感”,你感覺詩人正站在你的身旁,用他那充滿汗水和泥土氣息的聲音,嚮你訴說著這個世界的奇跡。
评分這本書最讓我著迷的是它對“民主”和“個體”之間關係的深刻探討,盡管它並非一本政治論著,但其精神內核是具有極強社會意義的。詩人以一種前所未有的廣度和包容性,將社會上所有階層、所有職業、所有邊緣人物——從碼頭工人到妓女,從士兵到拓荒者——都納入到他的贊美詩中。這並非流於錶麵的泛愛,而是一種根植於對“人性共同本質”的深刻洞察。他仿佛是一位偉大的建築師,在用文字為每一個平凡的個體建造一座紀念碑,強調瞭每一個存在單元的不可替代性和神聖性。當你讀到他對某一個具體場景的細緻描摹時,你不僅看到瞭那個人,更是感受到瞭那個時代美國精神的蓬勃張力。這種將“宏大敘事”與“微小個體”完美融閤的能力,讓整部作品充滿瞭嚮上的張力,使讀者在閱讀後,對自身所處的集體和自身價值都會産生一種更堅定、更富有人文關懷的認識。
评分對於不熟悉美國詩歌史的讀者來說,初接觸這本書可能會感到一種強烈的“陌生感”,它打破瞭太多既定的文學規範。它的句式冗長,充滿瞭排比、重復和突兀的插入語,閱讀時需要極高的心智參與度來梳理其內在的邏輯脈絡。但正是在這種看似不羈的錶象之下,隱藏著一種極其精密的結構設計,仿佛是一張巨大的、不斷自我延伸的網絡。這種寫作風格本身就是一種宣言,宣告著文學可以擺脫歐洲古典傳統的束縛,發展齣一種真正屬於“新大陸”的、充滿野性和創生力的錶達方式。它挑戰瞭“美”的傳統定義,將“粗糙”、“原始”、“未經打磨”提升到瞭藝術的高度。對我而言,它不是一本用來欣賞的“作品集”,更像是一本“行動指南”,指引著我們如何更熱烈、更無保留地去體驗和擁抱這個充滿矛盾與可能性的世界,讓人讀完之後,感覺自己對“生活”這個詞的理解都變得更加豐富和立體瞭。
评分我必須承認,第一次翻開這本書時,我的腦海中充滿瞭睏惑和疏離感。那些長長的、缺乏傳統韻腳和格律束縛的句子,初讀起來像是一堆散落的、毫無章法的詞語堆砌。我習慣瞭那種工整押韻的文字帶來的舒適感,而這裏的文字則像是在野外生長齣來的植物,充滿瞭粗糲的生命力,卻也顯得有些難以駕馭。尤其是其中對身體和感官的直白描繪,在當時保守的閱讀習慣下,讓我感到有些局促不安,甚至可以說是一種衝擊。它不是那種可以讓你輕鬆愉快地消磨一個下午的讀物;它要求讀者付齣極大的耐心和一種“重新學習如何閱讀”的姿態。但奇妙的是,當你決定放下那些既定的審美標準,嘗試去感受它內在的流動時,一種奇特的連接感便油然而生。你會開始理解,詩人正在用一種全新的語法來歌頌存在本身,一種包容一切、不加評判的接納。它不是要取悅你,而是要震撼你,把你從舒適區中拽齣來,直麵那些復雜、矛盾卻又真實無比的人類體驗。
评分閱讀體驗如同在進行一場漫長而深邃的冥想,每一次重讀都會發現新的層次和更深遠的意境。我曾經將它視為一本充滿激情和浪漫主義色彩的頌歌,但隨著時間的推移,我越來越意識到其中蘊含的深刻的哲學思考和對死亡的沉思。詩人麵對生命的消逝,展現齣一種近乎平靜的接受,他並不畏懼終結,而是將其視為自然循環中必要的一部分,與新生和成長並置。這種對“圓滿”的理解,超越瞭簡單的悲喜二元對立。書中那種反復齣現的意象——道路、海洋、星辰——不再僅僅是地理景觀,而成為瞭存在狀態的隱喻,引導著我們思考“旅程”的意義。它迫使你正視自己的有限性,同時也賦予瞭你麵對有限性時的勇氣。這種對生命全程的坦然審視,是這部作品超越時代局限的真正力量所在,它讓閱讀不再是消遣,而成為一種精神上的洗禮與重塑。
评分在yale的圖書館裏麵看到瞭這一版本 最漂亮的一版
评分like freedom
评分like freedom
评分Best American poet. Voice of the New World.
评分我也不知道他到底算什麼瞭。“Do I contradict myself?I contradict myself。”就是這種豪氣。
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