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Leaves of Grass

Leaves of Grass

Whitman, Walt

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Series: Enriched Classics

Poetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

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ISBN10: 1416523715
ISBN13: 9781416523710
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Aug 1 2006
Pages: 624
Weight: 0.69
Height: 1.10 Width: 4.22 Depth: 6.76
Language: English
A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential writers of the nineteenth century.

Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems, the most famous of which is Song of Myself; however there are many others in the collection that display his poetic ability equally well, such as I Sing the Body Electric, Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking, and his homage to the assassinated Abraham Lincoln, O Captain! My Captain!

The collection is notable for its delight in, and praise of, the senses. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world. Influenced by the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of (especially German) Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises Nature and the individual human's role therein. However, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise.

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