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Στη γαλάζια όχθη της Οντάριο
Η "βακχική" ποίηση του Ουίτμαν, χειμαρρώδης, επική, ρωμαλέα ρητορική, απόλυτα προσηλωμένη στη γήινη ρίζα και στους καρπούς της, εξυμνεί το ένστικτο και τον περιφρονημένο φορέα του, το σώμα, τη ζωική ορμή και τη φύση στη θεία απλότητά της. Η φιλία, η ισότητα και η δημοκρατία διατρέχουν τους γεμάτους πληθωρική, σχεδόν διονυσιακή λυρική κατάφαση στίχους του ποιητή, για τον οποίο, αν κανείς αναζητούσε νεοελληνικό ανάλογο, θα όφειλε να "εκβιάσει" μια αινιγματική σύγκλιση μεταξύ Κάλβου, Παλαμά και Σικελιανού.
Μέρος τον "Φύλλων χλόης" του Ουίτμαν έχει μεταφερθεί στα ελληνικά από τον λησμονημένο σήμερα Νίκο Προεστόπουλο.
Το αμετάφραστο από τον Προεστόπουλο συνθετικό ποίημα "By blue Ontario's shore" - "Στη γαλάζια όχθη της Οντάριο" (η μετάφραση από το: Walt Whitman, The complete poems, Penguin 1977), πρωτοδημοσιεύτηκε στο περιοδικό "Πλανόδιον", τεύχος 9, Μάρτιος 1989.
Μέρος τον "Φύλλων χλόης" του Ουίτμαν έχει μεταφερθεί στα ελληνικά από τον λησμονημένο σήμερα Νίκο Προεστόπουλο.
Το αμετάφραστο από τον Προεστόπουλο συνθετικό ποίημα "By blue Ontario's shore" - "Στη γαλάζια όχθη της Οντάριο" (η μετάφραση από το: Walt Whitman, The complete poems, Penguin 1977), πρωτοδημοσιεύτηκε στο περιοδικό "Πλανόδιον", τεύχος 9, Μάρτιος 1989.
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67 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1867
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About the author
Walt Whitman
1,829 books5,473 followersWalter Whitman Jr. was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. He is considered one of the most influential poets in American literature. Whitman incorporated both transcendentalism and realism in his writings and is often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in his time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described by some as obscene for its overt sensuality.
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising Leaves of Grass until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at the age of 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He is America."
Whitman was born in Huntington on Long Island, and lived in Brooklyn as a child and through much of his career. At the age of 11, he left formal schooling to go to work. He worked as a journalist, a teacher, and a government clerk. Whitman's major poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, was financed with his own money and became well known. The work was an attempt to reach out to the common person with an American epic. Whitman continued expanding and revising Leaves of Grass until his death in 1892.
During the American Civil War, he went to Washington, D.C., and worked in hospitals caring for the wounded. His poetry often focused on both loss and healing. On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, whom Whitman greatly admired, he authored two poems, "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", and gave a series of lectures on Lincoln. After suffering a stroke towards the end of his life, Whitman moved to Camden, New Jersey, where his health further declined. When he died at the age of 72, his funeral was a public event.
Whitman's influence on poetry remains strong. Art historian Mary Berenson wrote, "You cannot really understand America without Walt Whitman, without Leaves of Grass... He has expressed that civilization, 'up to date,' as he would say, and no student of the philosophy of history can do without him." Modernist poet Ezra Pound called Whitman "America's poet... He is America."
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Πέραν του μάλλον ξεπερασμένου πατριωτισμού του Whitman, αναδεικνύονται τα σημαντικά θέματα: η ισότητα, η απέχθεια για τη δουλεία, η Δημοκρατία που υποσχόταν η ένωση των Πολιτειών, η κατατρόπωση του γιανκισμού.
Πέραν του μάλλον ξεπερασμένου πατριωτισμού του Whitman, αναδεικνύονται τα σημαντικά θέματα: η ισότητα, η απέχθεια για τη δουλεία, η Δημοκρατία που υποσχόταν η ένωση των Πολιτειών, η κατατρόπωση του γιανκισμού.
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