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Leaves Of Grass

by Walt Whitman
language: english
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, August of 2017 ‧
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A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift for poetry lovers.

In 1855 Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass. The volume received great praise from leading Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This encouraged what would become a lifelong project as Whitman expanded and rewrote the volume until his death in 1892. Whitman's innovative use of free verse and the quotidian achieved his aim of reaching out to the everyday American. This edition, based on the earliest published version of 1855, features Whitman's most famous poem 'Song of Myself', an American epic inspired by his personal experiences.

Leaves Of Grass

by Walt Whitman

Property Description
ISBN: 9780241303122
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Release Date: August of 2017
Language: English
Dimensions: 117 x 186 x 18 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Format: Book
Collection: Penguin Clothbound Poetry
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Poetry
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780241303122

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Walt Whitman

Considerado o grande poeta da Revolução Americana – ou até mesmo o maior poeta de toda a literatura americana – o nova-iorquino Walt Whitman (1819-1892) destacou-se no estilo do verso livre, sem restrições métricas, mas também com um pensamento que dessa forma funcionava: sem limites e regras.
Dele escreveu Fernando Pessoa: «Introduziu uma nova subjetividade na conceção poética e fez da sua poesia um hino à vida.»
Whitman foi, no verdadeiro e justo entendimento do termo, um visionário. Celebrou o homem e a natureza, incentivando pelas suas palavras os mais nobres ideais de comunhão, de partilha e de participação democrática nos Estados Unidos da América.
Se fosse vivo, talvez Walt Whitman hoje escrevesse coisas parecidas às de outrora, de tão imutáveis que parecem ser os sentimentos que descreveu, de tão evidente que era, para o autor, a delicadeza da condição humana, do amor, do sexo, da vida em comunhão nas cidades e dos caminhos difíceis que juntos continuamos a percorrer.

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