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There are volumes of Whitman available everywhere (my favorite is the Essential Whitman by Galway Kinnel). This is a quality paperback and worth the read just for Cunningham's introduction.
BooorinngChecked out from the English Language section at the public library so there weren’t many options
"Laws for Creation"By Walt WhitmanLaws for Creations, For strong artists and leaders—for fresh broods of teachers, and perfect literats for America, For noble savans, and coming musicians.All must have reference to the ensemble of the world, and the compact truth of the world; There shall be no subject too pronounced—All works shall illustrate the divine law of indirections.What do you suppose Creation is? What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk free, and own no superior? What
Just saw this on an Amazon e-mail and thought it sounded interesting. Tied to Michael Cunningham's Specimen Days -- even the cover uis similar -- and presents excerpts of Whitman including Whitman's own writing titled Specimen Days from which Cunningham took his own title.
I got this and the first version Leaves of Grass from Amelia for Christmas and it was fun to read them back to back and see how his perspective matured over the 30 years in between.
Better off just grabbing Leaves of Grass, obviously.
Walt Whitman's work has always been intriguing to me. Laws of Creations is a great read all the way through! His literary style is timeless, I would read it again! :)