Leaves of Grass - Unabridged MP3 CD Audiobook in paper sleeve

Description: Leaves of Grass Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman We forget how big America must have seemed to both Americans and Europeans in the nineteenth century, especially when one compared its sheer size to the square mileage of Europe. America was the beneficiary of Europe’s advances in the arts, music and literature; however, America was also the young buck who sought to mark its own territory, to etch its own profile, to speak with its own voice. Early American poetry had relied too much on the classical forms and well-mannered, albeit witty, content of seventeenth century English poems. However, with the English Romantics, Concord’s Emerson and Transcendentalism, America was ready to birth a distinctly American voice that would capture its sweep, its unbounded potential and vast promise. In 1855 an unknown, a self-proclaimed rough, age 37, a man in his prime, Walt Whitman (1819-1892) of New York, published the first edition of twelve poems titled Leaves of Grass. American poetry, all poetry, has never been the same since. This is the great American work, twelve poems that became more than 400 poems written over forty years of Whitman’s life. They celebrate the human being, the physical body, the heart, mind and transcendent soul. These poems revel in the unapologetic glory of the purely physical, sensual necessities, as well as the abstract mysteries of life. As with any genius, Whitman’s model was Life with a capital “L”, and he spent his adult years writing to represent Life as it is, without the artifice of masks, manners or social niceties. Like Life, and like America, Whitman’ poems are beautiful, wild, cruel, unpredictable, yearning, sensual, direct, desirous, self-evident, arbitrary, contradictory, and, sometimes, confusing. Whitman’s poetry is like the storm that destroys a town while it cleans the air and seeds the soil. His poetry is as large as America, as generous as America, and as grand as nature. It is the voice that says America is alive and well, generative, creative, filled with infinite promise. (Summary by Michael Hogan) Play sample: Product Details Read by: Multiple readers Length: 19 hours and 11 minutes Type: Collaborative reading Media: MP3 CD Package: Sleeve Item No.: CD-1085 List Price: $4.99 Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert Credits Production Book Coordinator: Gord Mackenzie Meta Coordinator Annie Coleman Rothenberg Artwork Cover: Photograph of Walt Whitman by George C. Cox, 1887 Inset: Title page of Thayer & Eldridge edition, 1860-61 Inset: Steel engraving of Walt Whitman age 37, by Sammuel Hollyer Insert: Portrait of Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins 1887 The Recordings About MP3 Audio This MP3 digital audiobook is duplicated on compact disc in the MP3 audio format and is designed to play on any computer. It will play on CD and DVD players that are designed with MP3 capability. The files contained in an MP3 CD can be imported and played on mobile devices such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and smart phones and on PSP (Play Station Portable) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices. Your CD/DVD player or mobile device owner’s manual should specify whether the device has MP3 compatibility. If the device is not directly compatible with the MP3 Audio format, the files on the MP3 CD can be copied onto a computer drive and then played on the computer media player or transferred to a mobile device. The Recordings These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience. Table of Contents Track Section Reader Length 01 Book 1 Gord Mackenzie 29:47 02 Book 2 Hugh McGuire 33:37 03 Book 3 Part 1 Gord Mackenzie 29:48 04 Book 3 Part 2 Gord Mackenzie 43:32 05 Book 3 Part 3 Gord Mackenzie 46:31 06 Book 3 Part 4 Gord Mackenzie 37:38 07 Book 4 Kara Shallenberg 50:06 08 Book 5 Chris Mitchell 45:57 09 Book 6 Chris Mitchell 26:08 10 Book 7 Chris Mitchell 24:34 11 Book 8 Chris Mitchell 15:35 12 Books 9 Chris Mitchell 10:51 13 Book 10 Chris Mitchell 15:22 14 Book 11 Chris Mitchell 18:08 15 Book 12 Chris Mitchell 27:27 16 Book 13 Eric 20:43 17 Book 14 Eric 10:29 18 Book 15 Gord Mackenzie 24:27 19 Book 16 Brett Shand 15:05 20 Book 17 Hugh McGuire 31:09 21 Book 18 Hugh McGuire 9:49 22 Book 19 Gord Mackenzie 47:57 23 Book 20 Hugh McGuire 23:34 24 Book 21 Part 1 Kara Shallenberg 41:10 25 Book 21 Part 2 Kara Shallenberg 46:34 26 Book 22 wedschild 15:19 27 Book 23 Annie Coleman Rothenberg 35:11 28 Book 24 Part 1 Annie Coleman Rothenberg 48:13 29 Book 24 Part 2 Annie Coleman Rothenberg 44:00 30 Book 25 Hugh McGuire 13:04 31 Book 26 Hugh McGuire 20:04 32 Book 27 Chip 6:27 33 Book 28 Chip 21:40 34 Book 29 Chip 14:25 35 Book 30 Chip 25:54 36 Book 31 Chip 14:42 37 Book 32 Chip 50:25 38 Book 33 Denny Sayers 38:01 39 Book 34 Tom Yates 48:48 40 Book 35 Chris Goringe 28:44 Terms and Conditions Terms of Sale The buyer can pay using the Checkout button when the listing ends or wait to receive an automated email invoice shortly after the listing ends with totals and payment instructions. 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