One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature.
From his solemn masterpieces When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom\'d and Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking to the joyous freedom of Song of Myself, I Sing the Body Electric, and Song of the Open Road, Whitman\'s work lives on, an inspiration to the poets of later generations..
His poems have been woven into the very fabric of the American character.
In that he succeeded.
Whitman\'s ambition was to creates something uniquely American.
Over the course of Whitman\'s life, the book reappeared in many versions, expanded and transformed as the author\'s experiences and the nation\'s history changed and grew. the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. . .
First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as the wonderful gift .
Leaves Of Grass is his one book.
One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature.
Here is the definitive collection of his work, from his solemn masterpeice When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom\'d to the joyous freedom of Song of Myself.
One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature
