Author:Walt Whitman
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself.
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Abundant, ecstatic, generous, courageous - this is the first American epic poem, a celebration of selfhood and a catalogue of nineteenth-century American life of all ages and races. Revolutionary in style and controversial in content when it was first published in 1855, Whitman's masterwork has since inspired generations with its intoxicating rhythms and images, and its inclusive, praiseful joy.
THE ORIGINAL 1855 TEXT
Grand but intimate, earthy but also dreamy
—— ObserverWhitman had a fluid personality that made him able to ''merge'' invisibly, and with great empathy, with the images of other people and events that lodged in his mind...unprecedented assembling of rhythm, sound, language and images
—— New York TimesThe great unrhymed, long-lined, self-celebratory sensation of the 1850s
—— Lost Angeles TimesAppleby Farm is as sweet and delicious as Freya's scones, and just as moreish. What a cosy, delicious slice of romance!
—— Michele GormanRustic romance at its very best with a charming cast of characters - warm and endearing and engaging. As comforting as hot tea and toast made on the Aga!
—— Veronica Henry, author of The Beach Hut Next Door
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