Canto a mí mismo

Synopsis of Canto a mí mismo

«Canto a mí mismo» is the poem by Walt Whitman, published by Akal Ediciones in paperback (138 pages, in Spanish).

The poem «Canto a mí mismo» is written in the first person and turns the voice of the self into a song of individuality and, at the same time, of what is shared: nature, common life and democracy. That voice expands beyond the personal and embraces human experience as a whole.

This edition is number 194 in the Akal/Bolsillo collection, was published on 3 April 1990 and includes a prologue and León Felipe's paraphrase.

For readers of classic poetry and for those interested in nineteenth-century American literature.