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  • Imprint: Everyman

  • ISBN: 9781857157154

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 165mm x 19mm x 113mm

  • Weight: 232g

  • RRP: £10.99

Poems

The major male poet of nineteenth-century America (his female counterpart is Emily Dickinson), Whitman is the poet of grand passions great open spaces, lofty mourning and male love. Written in free metres, his verse ranges across every kind of subject in a characteristically exalted mood. This volume includes a wide selection from every period of Whitman's creative career, including many poems from the celebrated LEAVES OF GRASS.

  • Imprint: Everyman

  • ISBN: 9781857157154

  • Length: 256  Pages

  • Dimensions: 165mm x 19mm x 113mm

  • Weight: 232g

  • RRP: £10.99

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Walt Whitman

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.

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