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Delight in the work that forever changed the course of American poetry

In 1855, Walt Whitman published -- at his own expense -- the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture... Read Full Overview

"I am large, I contain multitudes"

As featured in AMC's Breaking Bad, given by Gale Boetticher to Walter White and discovered by Hank Schrader.

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. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as... Read Full Overview

In 1855, an unknown but wildly ambitious young poet self-published the first edition of Leaves of Grass, consisting of twelve untitled poems and an explanatory preface. Walt Whitman spent the rest of his life engaged in expanding and revising this work, through six editions... Read Full Overview

A deluxe edition of Whitman's crowning achievement, with an introductory essay by Harold Bloom I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass... Read Full Overview

Ven, ven con Walt Whitman, este día, o esta noche: y aprende a su lado el algoritmo de todos los poemas. Recibe estas letras: canciones hechas con la música del viento, con el idioma de la montaña, con la materia de los sueños y los astros de la rebeldía. Ven; el viejo Walt cincelaba... Read Full Overview

Este volume cont?m a tradu??o completa do texto da nona e ?ltima edi??o de Folhas de Relva, a de 1891-92, conhecida como Edi??o do Leito de Morte (Deathbed Edition), cujo texto ? o preferido, recomendado e autorizado pelo poeta para edi??es futuras.Esta ? uma edi??o cr?tica anotada,... Read Full Overview

Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855,... Read Full Overview

Noted American poet Walt Whitman has created a masterpiece. Whitman loves writing about material things and the human mind and body. Whitman shows a true love of nature and man's role in it. One of the best known poems in the work is When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'dwhich... Read Full Overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson issued a call for a great poet to capture and immortalize the unique American experience. In 1855, an answer came with Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass . Today, this masterful collection remains not only a seminal event in American literature but also the incomparable... Read Full Overview

In 1855, a small volume appeared, self-published by a failed Brooklyn journalist and carpenter: twelve untitled poems and a preface announcing the author's aims. A commercial failure, this book was the first stage of a massive, lifelong enterprise. Six editions and thirty-seven... Read Full Overview