Leaves of Grass - Hardcover

by Walt Whitman (Author), Mint Editions (Contribution by)

From one of the most celebrated American poets, Walt Whitman, comes a profound and uniquely written anthology of poems. Leaves of Grass is a rousing collection of poems inspired largely by Ralph Waldo Emerson's plea for the arrival of a great new American Poet.

Originally published in 1855, Whitman worked on this collection of poems for the entirety of his life. He continued to revise and make better his anthology; in its final publication Leaves of Grass contained over 400 pages of remarkable poetry. The poems within reflected many of Whitman's values and beliefs, specifically pertaining to his philosophy of transcendentalism and the role of man within nature. Unafraid of straying from normal conventions of poetry, Whitman's work is considered to be one of the most important and lasting contributions to literature made by an American poet.

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A collection of highly personal poems, Leaves of Grass is the culmination of Walt Whitman's life's work. Vested heavily in the philosophy of Transcendentalism, the poems share no specific theme or topic but each connect to Whitman's personal philosophy. Whitman's book has long since been considered one of the most important collections of American poetry.