Old Chants


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.

Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.(summary by Wikipedia)
The first edition of Leaves of Grass was very small, collecting only twelve unnamed poems in 95 pages. Whitman continued to expand the editions until the ninth and final edition of almost 400 poems.(summary by David Lawrence) (0 hr 24 min)

Chapitres

Old Chants - Read by CC 1:56 Lu par Chris Caron
Old Chants - Read by CD 2:36 Lu par CalmDragon
Old Chants - Read by CRM 1:44 Lu par Christopher Maust
Old Chants - Read by DL 2:14 Lu par David Lawrence
Old Chants - Read by EP 2:43 Lu par loubet
Old Chants - Read by GHS 2:12 Lu par Algy Pug
Old Chants - Read by JCM 2:05 Lu par Jason Mills
Old Chants - Read by LLW 2:18 Lu par Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
Old Chants - Read by RMG 2:30 Lu par Bob Gonzalez
Old Chants - Read by RN 2:27 Lu par ravenotation
Old Chants - Read by TG 1:57 Lu par TriciaG