A century after his death, Whitman is still celebrated as America's greatest poet. In this startling new edition of his work, Whitman biographer Gary Schmidgall presents over two hundred poems in their original pristine form, in the chronological order...
Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation, the vastness of the land and the emergence of a sometimes troubled consciousness, communicated in language and idiom regarded...
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....
This unabridged edition of Leaves of Grass presents the original 1855 versions and limited formatting of Whitmanâs most famous poems, including âSong of Myself,â âI Sing the Body Elec...
This unabridged edition of Leaves of Grass presents the original 1855 versions and limited formatting of Whitmanâs most famous poems, including âSong of Myself,â âI Sing the Body Elec...