The Complete Poems: Walt Whitman (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Whitman, Walt

 
9780140424515: The Complete Poems: Walt Whitman (Penguin Classics)

Synopsis

In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipation and what it meant to be an American. From the joyful 'Song of Myself' and 'I Sing the Body Electric' to the elegiac 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd', Whitman's art fuses oratory, journalism and song in a vivid celebration of humanity.

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About the Author

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) is one of the greatest American poets. Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, which he added to and reshuffled throughout his life.


Francis Murphy is Professor of English at Smith College, Northampton USA

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ISBN 10:  0140422226 ISBN 13:  9780140422221
Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1977
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