Walt Whitman and the Body Beautiful

Walt Whitman and the Body Beautiful
Title Walt Whitman and the Body Beautiful PDF eBook
Author Harold Aspiz
Publisher Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Pages 312
Release 1980
Genre Biography & Autobiography
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Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass
Title Leaves of Grass PDF eBook
Author Walt Whitman
Publisher
Pages 520
Release 1872
Genre
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Manly Health and Training

Manly Health and Training
Title Manly Health and Training PDF eBook
Author Walt Whitman
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 224
Release 2017-02-07
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1682450767

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A truly significant discovery, Walt Whitman’s Manly Health and Training is an entertaining health manifesto that sheds new light on one of America’s major nineteenth-century authors. In the fall of 1858, a thirteen-part essay series appeared in the New York Atlas, under the title Manly Health and Training. This nearly 47,000-word journalistic effort, written by Walt Whitman under his pen name “Mose Velsor,” was lost for more than 150 years, buried in just a handful of library archives, until its recent unexpected discovery. What you hold in your hands is a long-lost health manifesto that, remarkably, is as relevant today as it was back in the nineteenth century. A truly illuminating discovery that reveals much about a little-known period in Whitman’s life, this men’s guide features earnest recommendations for eating, sleeping, and exercise, emphasizing moderation and focusing on the holistic relationship between the mind and the body: —Be a carnivore: “Let the main part of the diet be meat, to the exclusion of all else.” —Engage in vigorous exercise: “Habituate yourself to the brisk walk in the fresh air—to the exercise of pulling the oar—and to the loud declamation upon the hills, or along the shore.” —Go to bed by 10 p.m.: “. . . with a plentiful supply of good air, during the six, seven, or eight hours that are spent in sleep. During most of the year, the window must be kept partly open for this purpose.” —Take a cold shower in the morning: “In most cases the best thing he can commence the day with is a rapid wash of the whole body in cold water, using a sponge, or the hands.” —Wear comfortable shoes: “Most of the usual fashionable boots and shoes, which neither favor comfort, nor health, nor the ease of walking, are to be discarded.” —Grow a beard: “The beard is a great sanitary protection to the throat—for purposes of health it should always be worn, just as much as the hair of the head should be.” —Banish depression: “If the victim of ‘the horrors’ could but pluck up energy enough to strip off all his clothes and gives his whole body a stinging rubdown with a flesh-brush till the skin becomes all red and aglow, he would be thoroughly cured of his depression, by this alone.” Filled with Whitmanic aphorisms and beautifully illustrated with contemporary artwork, Manly Health and Training provides essential insight into one of the world’s most beloved poets and his philosophy on manhood, bodily perfectibility, and the future of the American body politic.

Poems by Walt Whitman

Poems by Walt Whitman
Title Poems by Walt Whitman PDF eBook
Author Walt Whitman
Publisher Read Books Ltd
Pages 293
Release 2016-04-22
Genre Poetry
ISBN 1473362229

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Walt Whitman is widely regarded as one of the masters of American poetry. Here are collected his finest poems, a perfect companion for any fan of Whitman's work.

Whitman's Poetry of the Body

Whitman's Poetry of the Body
Title Whitman's Poetry of the Body PDF eBook
Author M. Jimmie Killingsworth
Publisher UNC Press Books
Pages 222
Release 1989
Genre Poetry
ISBN 9780807843147

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This book combines literary and historical analysis in a study of sexuality in Walt Whitman's work. Informed by his "new historicist" understanding of the construction of literary texts, Jimmie Killingsworth examines the progression of Whitman's poetry an

The the World Below the Brine

The the World Below the Brine
Title The the World Below the Brine PDF eBook
Author Walt Whitman
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2021-08-10
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9781568463612

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Nineteenth-century poet Walt Whitman employs the language of his day to express a wonder about the world below the sea that is timeless.

Earth, My Likeness

Earth, My Likeness
Title Earth, My Likeness PDF eBook
Author Walt Whitman
Publisher North Atlantic Books
Pages 202
Release 2010
Genre Nature
ISBN 1556439105

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"Earth, My Likeness is a collection of poetry by Walt Whitman that focuses on nature and contains much of his best and most vital work accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations"--Provided by publisher.