Leaves of Grass
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Book Description
In his quest for a truly native idiom, Walt Whitman (1819-1892) incarnated the American geography and its people in a new and transcendent poetic form. His monumental work, "Leaves of Grass", celebrates sexuality, gender equality, and the astonishing beauty of the everyday. For Whitman, "The true use for the imaginative faculty of modern times is to give ultimate vivification to facts, to science ... More
Book Information
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Binding | Paperback (256 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 419 |
ISBN-10 | 1573920401 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1573920407 |
Publication Date | 09/1995 |
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1/15/2008 Amanda Jackson said: "Song of Myself" may be the best work of poetry ever.
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