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  • Maine Woods-Henry David Thoreau

    Maine Woods-Henry David Thoreau
    Nov 10 2026
    Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau.

    On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to Bangor, Maine, from where he would venture with his Penobscot guide Joe Polis deep into the backwoods of Maine. This account of his expedition, some think, is a profounder exploration of the philosophical themes of the more famous "Walden" than is the latter book, at least revealing his fundamental perspectives in embryonic form. Of particular interest is his sympathetic and penetrating observation of the Indian nations of Maine, especially the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy.

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    9 ore e 14 min
  • Drum-Taps-Walt Whitman

    Drum-Taps-Walt Whitman
    Nov 9 2026
    Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman.

    Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. Despite the miseries of war described, Whitman's poems in Drum Taps assert a steady patriotism in favor of Lincoln's war effort. Interestingly, the 1915 edition used for this reading includes an introduction from the Times Literary Supplement which draws analogies between the Civil War and the current throes of World War I, enlisting Whitman posthumously as a supporter of the Allied campaign against Germany.

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    1 ora e 35 min
  • Myself and Mine-Walt Whitman

    Myself and Mine-Walt Whitman
    Nov 8 2026
    Myself and Mine by Walt Whitman.

    This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 12, 2025. ------ This Fortnightly Poem is from the collection, Leaves of Grass. The book represents a celebration of Whitman's philosophy of life and humanity in which he praises nature and the individual's role in it. Rather than dwell on religious or spiritual themes, he focuses primarily on the body and the material world. With very few exceptions, Whitman's poems do not rhyme or follow conventional rules for meter and line length.

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    32 min
  • Old Man's Thought of School-Walt Whitman

    Old Man's Thought of School-Walt Whitman
    Nov 7 2026
    Old Man's Thought of School by Walt Whitman.

    This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 12, 2012. Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with a variety of popular literary genres which appealed to the cultural tastes of the period. As early as 1850, he began writing what would become Leaves of Grass, a collection of poetry which he would continue editing and revising until his death.

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    39 min
  • Song of Myself-Walt Whitman

    Song of Myself-Walt Whitman
    Nov 6 2026
    Song of Myself by Walt Whitman.

    Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one with the universe. 'Song of Myself' was first published in 1855 as part of the collection Leaves of Grass and revised several times for subsequent editions. The version read here appeared as a single poem published in book form by the Roycroft Press of New York in 1904. Several of these cantos are well known in their own right, including Canto 6 ('What is grass?'), Canto 11 (The twenty-ninth bather), Canto 25 ('I sound my barbaric yawp!') and Canto 51 ('I am large, I contain multitudes').

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    2 ore e 24 min
  • Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society-Edward Carpenter

    Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society-Edward Carpenter
    Nov 5 2026
    Homogenic Love and Its Place in a Free Society by Edward Carpenter.

    This pamphlet by LGBT pioneer and philosopher Edward Carpenter was originally intended to form part of his work "Love's Coming of Age", but was removed following public discourse on the Oscar Wilde trials of 1895. It was subsequently published privately and circulated among his inner circle. This is Carpenter's first publication on the subject of homosexuality, and displays his typical forward-thinking and utopian sentiments. It seeks to make clear that homosexuality is innate, is more widespread than generally accepted, and even implies that degress of bisexuality may be universal.

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    1 ora e 15 min
  • Birds of Passage from Leaves of Grass-Walt Whitman

    Birds of Passage from Leaves of Grass-Walt Whitman
    Nov 4 2026
    Birds of Passage from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman.

    Birds of Passage is a set of seven poems which are part of Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass. The poems are full of idealism and hope for the future. Whitman sings of the Universal, an ideal state which will transcend the misery of life on earth, and praises the Pioneers who will create this new world.

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    35 min
  • O Captain! My Captain!-Walt Whitman

    O Captain! My Captain!-Walt Whitman
    Nov 3 2026
    O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman.

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    37 min