Leaves of Grass: Walt Whitman - Rilegato

Whitman, Walt

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ISBN 10: 0241303125 ISBN 13: 9780241303122

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2017

Riassunto

A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift for poetry lovers.

In 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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L'autore

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.

Dalla quarta di copertina

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

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0241303125
• ISBN 13: 9780241303122
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208