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Obra escogida
Obra escogida de un poeta inigualable en la tradición literaria americana.
Traducción de Concha Zardoya
Introducción de Edgardo Dobry, profesor de Filología en la Universidad de Barcelona
Walt Whitman fue el poeta de la democracia, de la naturaleza, del deísmo, dela libertad, la sexualidad, la sensualidad y el vitalismo. Sus célebres Hojas de hierba lo sitúan en la tradición de los más grandes poetas de todos los tiempos. A caballo entre la filosofía, la mística y la reflexión más personal, en cada uno de sus versos canta al mundo que lo rodea a sabiendas de su inextricable pertenencia a él. Inconmensurable lírico, también abundan a lo largo de su obra las crónicas y los apuntes de corte periodístico -como sus Jornadas en América y las Perspectivas democráticas-, en cuyas palabras no sabe esconderse, sin embargo, ese fluir cadencioso de una sensibilidad sin parangón.
Edgardo Dobry nos acerca al carácter universal de la obra Whitman y recuerda al lector que no solo halló su propia voz, sino que el eco de su canto sigue resonando en la literatura. La versión al español de Concha Zardoya, poetisa chilena, da cuenta del poder de esta voz.
Reseñ «La editorial Penguin Clásicos ha tenido la maravillosa idea de recoger en Obra escogida parte de su trabajo en un único tomo traducido por la poeta chilena Concha Zardoya y con introducción de Edgardo Dobry. El resultado es un maravilloso e imprescindible libro para los amantes de la poesía. Y para los que no conozcan a Whitman, encontrarán en este libro unaperfecta manera de profundizar en la obra de uno de los grandes genios de la poesía.» Victoria Mera, Libros y literatura
Traducción de Concha Zardoya
Introducción de Edgardo Dobry, profesor de Filología en la Universidad de Barcelona
Walt Whitman fue el poeta de la democracia, de la naturaleza, del deísmo, dela libertad, la sexualidad, la sensualidad y el vitalismo. Sus célebres Hojas de hierba lo sitúan en la tradición de los más grandes poetas de todos los tiempos. A caballo entre la filosofía, la mística y la reflexión más personal, en cada uno de sus versos canta al mundo que lo rodea a sabiendas de su inextricable pertenencia a él. Inconmensurable lírico, también abundan a lo largo de su obra las crónicas y los apuntes de corte periodístico -como sus Jornadas en América y las Perspectivas democráticas-, en cuyas palabras no sabe esconderse, sin embargo, ese fluir cadencioso de una sensibilidad sin parangón.
Edgardo Dobry nos acerca al carácter universal de la obra Whitman y recuerda al lector que no solo halló su propia voz, sino que el eco de su canto sigue resonando en la literatura. La versión al español de Concha Zardoya, poetisa chilena, da cuenta del poder de esta voz.
Reseñ «La editorial Penguin Clásicos ha tenido la maravillosa idea de recoger en Obra escogida parte de su trabajo en un único tomo traducido por la poeta chilena Concha Zardoya y con introducción de Edgardo Dobry. El resultado es un maravilloso e imprescindible libro para los amantes de la poesía. Y para los que no conozcan a Whitman, encontrarán en este libro unaperfecta manera de profundizar en la obra de uno de los grandes genios de la poesía.» Victoria Mera, Libros y literatura
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Published April 27, 2017
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Walt Whitman
1,790 books5,413 followersWalter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising Leaves of Grass until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at the age of 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He is America."
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising Leaves of Grass until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at the age of 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He is America."
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April 29, 2025
Por fin dou acabado este libro dende que o empecei alá por 2015 cando lin Ciudades de Papel (iykyk). Así en xeral está ben, pero algún concepto faise moooi repetitivo, non fai falta que me repitas a mesma idea 28e828 veces, grazas.
sorprendeume que uns dos que mais me gustara fora "Memorias del presidente Lincoln" jajajajaja inda que os poemas bélicos que ten Whitman non me molan (e ten mais dos que parece)
sorprendeume que uns dos que mais me gustara fora "Memorias del presidente Lincoln" jajajajaja inda que os poemas bélicos que ten Whitman non me molan (e ten mais dos que parece)
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