[p2p-research] Walt Whitman on the Commonplace

[Ryan Lanham]

Hi Kevin:

Great links...thanks.  I am a longstanding WW fan.  I hate to admit I am a
great Ezra Pound fan too, but I try to look upon his anti-semitism and WW2
views as mental illness.  That's too generous.  I have heard others talk of
Lewis Hyde.  I'll look him up.

Again, thanks!

Ryan

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Ryan,
>
> Very nice. Have you read 'The Gift' by Lewis Hyde. The book is a meditation
> on creativity as a gift and how artists have engaged with this idea. He
> explores the theme looking at the gift in folklore, the history of gift
> exchange and the development of usury, he writes about traditional gift
> economies such as those in american indian culture, and then the gift in the
> works of Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound. Its a nice read. I'd like to give it a
> second more critical read at some point. It was my introduction to Whitman.
> I picked up an old used copy of 'Leaves of Grass' and really enjoyed it.
> Hyde has written some articles for onthecommons.org
> and there is a short review of his book here by David Bollier
> http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=2312
> He has a website http://www.lewishyde.com
> and has a new book in the works on the cultural commons.
>
> Best
>
> Kevin F
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> *The Commonplace*
>>
>> *by Walt Whitman
>> (1819-1892)*
>>  ------------------------------
>> The commonplace I sing;
>> How cheap is health! how cheap nobility!
>> Abstinence, no falsehood, no gluttony, lust;
>> The open air I sing, freedom, toleration,
>> (Take here the mainest lesson--less from books--less from the schools,)
>> The common day and night--the common earth and waters,
>> Your farm--your work, trade, occupation,
>> The democratic wisdom underneath, like solid ground for all.
>>
>> --
>> Ryan
>>
>>
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