America's mythic bard good for summer reading
With the solstice coming and the sum
mer days following in hot and probably
somewhat wet pursuit, it's a good time to
get reacquainted with, or begin explor
ing, the life and words of the mythic and
real American bard, Walt Whitman.
Whitman's intense, erotic, comprehen
sive vision of America and democracy
can be enjoyed through his Complete
Poetry and Collected Prose (The Library
of America, 1982) which, under Justin
Kaplan's editorship, is the most complete
single volume of his work published.
Along with the final versions of “Leaves
of Crass" and the "Complete Prose
Works," this edition contains the raw
and wonderful text of the first, self
published, 1855 version of “Leaves of
Grass" and a section of "Supplementary
Prose."
And it's a beautiful book materially.
The semi-flexible binding is made of un
finished rayon imported from Holland.
The 1,380 thin, opaque, acid-free pages,
full of eye-pleasing typography, are sewn
together. The book is guaranteed to last
500 years, so it can be handed down to
relatives and friends. The Library of
America, of which this volume is a part, is
a large project publishing many impor
tant American writers in quality,
definitive, reasonably priced editions.
Kaplan's biography, Walt Whitman: A
Life (Simon and Schuster, 1980), is now
available in paperback. Its lucid, flowing
prose comfortably carries many
fascinating details of the poet's unique
life-journey. Whitman's enigmatic self
was borne by the mysterious relationship
between human conflict and creativity.
This self was a double and paradoxical
one whose conflicts were essential for its
artistic evolution, as Paul Zweig, poet
and scholar, shows in his just published
study of the poet's formative years, Walt
Whitman: The Making of the Poet (Basic
Books, 1984).
Among the many influences on Whit
man's discovery of a new poetry was his
background as a newspaper man. "As a
poet, he transposed the idiom of the con
temporary newspaper — its broad
miscellaneous esthetic, if I may so call it
— into a new tone and a new form,"
writes Zweig.
All three books make good reading for
times coming.
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