
Leaves of Grass and Selected Poems and Prose
by Walt Whitman
Title:
Leaves of Grass and Selected Poems and Prose
Author:
Walt Whitman
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
288 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN-13:
9780143107439
EAN:
9780143107439
Publication Date:
20/08/2014
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
448
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 139 x 26
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
W is for Whitman. When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules of poetry while describing the soul of the American character. Throughout his life, Whitman continuously revised and expanded the book, but the 1855 original marked Whitman''s fresh and bold arrival, greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as ''the beginning of a great career.''




















