Leaves of Grass

Informationen zum Autor Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was a celebrated American poet! chiefly known for his controversial and highly original poetry collection Leaves of Grass . Born in 1819 on Long Island! he worked as a journalist! teacher! government clerk! and volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Whitman published his seminal work in 1855 with his own money! soon becoming one of the world’s most popular and influential poets. After suffering a stroke in 1873 he retired to Camden! New Jersey! where he died nineteen years later—just two months after the final edition of Leaves of Grass appeared on sale. Klappentext Walt Whitman exalts nature and celebrates the senses with his singular! penetrating free-form verses in this elegantly produced poetry collection. Zusammenfassung Walt Whitman exalts nature and celebrates the senses with his singular, penetrating free-form verses in this elegantly produced poetry collection.

Product details

• Authors: Walt Whitman
• Assisted by: Steven Schroeder (Introduction)
• Publisher: Race Point Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781631065071
• ISBN: 978-1-63106-507-1
• No. of pages: 492
• Series: Knickerbocker Classics; Knickerbocker Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies