"I am large, I contain multitudes" A Penguin Classic 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...
A beautiful new edition of the book that changed poetry forever: the 1855 first edition of "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman.
Embroiled in controversy immediately after its 1855 publication, Leaves of Grass defied poetic norms by eschewing the religious and spiritual, instead focusing attention on the human body and material world. Influenced by the transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Whitman's...
In response to Ralph Waldo Emerson's call for the United States to have its own unique poet, Walt Whitman rose to the challenge to create what would ultimately be his most profound work. Taking its title from the colloquial term "grass", meaning a work of minor value, Whitman's...