Song of My Self (ilustrated edition)

The epic text of one of America´s greatest poets, reimagined in stunning illustrations.
Walt Whitman´s iconic collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, has earned a reputation as a sacred American text. Whitman himself made such comparisons, going so far as to use biblical verse as a model for his own. So it´s only appropriate that artist and illustrator Allen Crawford has chosen to illuminate - like medieval monks with their own holy scriptures - Whitman´s masterpiece and the core of his poetic vision, ´Song of Myself´. Crawford has turned the original sixy-page poem from Whitman´s 1855 edition into a sprawling 234-page work of art. The handwritten text and illustrations intermingle in a way that´s both surprising and wholly in tune with the spirit of the poem - they´re exuberant, rough and wild.
Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself is a sensational reading experience, an artefact in its own right and a masterful tribute to one of America´s greatest poets.