Book description
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.
Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) is one of the greatest American poets.
Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, which he added to and
reshuffled throughout his life.
Francis Murphy is Professor of English at Smith College, Northampton USA
