Monthly Archives: July 2008
TRACES OF GREEK LITERATURE IN AMERICA
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COMMITMENT AND PLEASURE
Commitment and Pleasure: is it possible to join them? — Today I was exchanging e-mails with a friend about work, and we realized how much we have been enjoying our work lately, especially our endeavors on the internet. And, as … Continue reading
REVISIONS, PERCEPTION, MOVEMENT, CHANGE
REVISIONS, PERCEPTION, MOVEMENT, CHANGE — — There has been much controversy (see Roy Harvey Pearce, “Whitman Justified: The Poet in 1860″, in Modern Critical Views, 1985) about the changes made by Whitman in Leaves of Grass during his life. His … Continue reading
Reading God directly!
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WHITMAN AND THE DIVINE SOUL OF MAN
SEARCHING FOR WHOLENESS, OR DIVINITY The passage “Do I contradict myself? / Very well, then, I contradict myself. / I am large, I contain multitudes.”, from section 51 of “Song of Myself”, is a true picture of Whitman and the … Continue reading
“A PIPE OPEN AT BOTH ENDS”
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WHITMAN AND THE CLASSIC PAST
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WHAT WHITMAN THOUGHT OF DEATH AND LIFE
A NOTE ON DEATH AND LIFE IN LEAVES OF GRASS — Gregory Nagy, in chapter 4 of Pindar’s Homer, tells about death and rebirth in Greek myths and rituals. He says that death and life are always linked, one leads … Continue reading
“LEAVES OF GRASS” ABROAD: ENGLAND, GERMANY, SPAIN AND DENMARK
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A NOTE ON “LEAVES OF GRASS”, BY WHITMAN
Image via Wikipedia A FEW WORDS ON LEAVES OF GRASS, BY WALT WHITMAN —
