The Complete Poems

The Complete Poems
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 1269
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ISBN-10 : 9780141919836
ISBN-13 : 0141919833
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Book Synopsis The Complete Poems by : Walt Whitman

Download or read book The Complete Poems written by Walt Whitman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-08-26 with total page 1269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipation and what it meant to be an American. From the joyful 'Song of Myself' and 'I Sing the Body Electric' to the elegiac 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd', Whitman's art fuses oratory, journalism and song in a vivid celebration of humanity.


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