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Leaves of Grass

Penguin Pocket Poets

Author: Walt Whitman   Series: Penguin Clothbound Poetry

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A collectible new Penguin Classics series- beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets

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A collectible new Penguin Classics series- beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets

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A collectible new Penguin Classics series- beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poetsIn 1855 Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass. The volume received great praise from leading Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This encouraged what would become a lifelong project as Whitman expanded and rewrote the volume until his death in 1892. Whitman's innovative use of free verse and the quotidian achieved his aim of reaching out to the everyday American. This edition, based on the earliest published version of 1855, features Whitman's most famous poem 'Song of Myself', an American epic inspired by his personal experiences.

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About the Author

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is regarded as one of America's most important nineteenth-century poets. Born in Long Island, Whitman grew up in Brooklyn and received a limited formal education. He adopted many professions in his lifetime including printer, essayist, journalist and school teacher. As early as 1850, Whitman turned his hand to poetry and in 1855 he self-published his greatest work, Leaves of Grass.

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Loafe with me on the grass . . . . loose the stop from your throat

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
24th August 2017
Pages
208
ISBN
9780241303122

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