By Whitman, Bi-Weekly! - "Song of Myself"

By Whitman,  Bi-Weekly!
Tuesday 5 May, 2009
4pm - 5pm
Caledon Library, Caledon Victoria City
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Discussion led by Kghia Gherardi

Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass is one of the works at the foundations of American poetry. Its expansive attempt to capture the spirit and landscape of the 19th century United States has influenced an entire culture, and its rich language continues to inspire readers today as it has for the century and a half of its existence.

"By Whitman, BI-Weekly" will provide an opportunity to look closely at this beloved work. Each time we'll spend an hour discussing its context and examining the poetry of the 1855 first edition.

The series will also give those who love Leaves of Grass, and those who would like to learn more, an opportunity to explore Whitman's vigorous and heartfelt poetry together.

At this, our forth meeting, we will begin to consider the poem "Song of Myself"

We'll focus on the first 100 lines - from

I celebrate myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

 through
 

Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same.

Schedule for 2009:
May 5 & 19
June 2 , 16, & 30
July 14 & 28
August 11 & 25
September 8 & 22
Oct 6 & 20
Nov 3 & 17
Dec 1, 15, & 29