{"product_id":"leaves-of-grass-paperback-1","title":"Leaves of Grass - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Davison\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson issued a call for a great poet to capture and immortalize the unique American experience. In 1855, an answer came with Walt Whitman's \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, this masterful collection remains not only a seminal event in American literature but also the incomparable achievement of one of America's greatest poets--an exuberant, passionate man who loved his country and wrote of it as no other has ever done. Walt Whitman was a singer, thinker, visionary, and citizen extraordinaire. Thoreau called Whitman \"probably the greatest democrat that ever lived,\" and Emerson judged \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe text presented here is that of the \"Deathbed\" or ninth edition of \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1892. The content and grouping of poems is the version authorized by Whitman himself for the final and complete edition of his masterpiece.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1855, \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e (1819-92) published his great tribute to America, the volume of poems that was to become his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e. Although praised by Emerson, the work met with a disappointing reception, and Whitman went on to become a war correspondent and government clerk, devoting much of his time to caring for the sick and wounded in hospitals around Washington. His reactions to and interpretations of the struggle for freedom are to be found in \u003ci\u003eDrum-Taps\u003c\/i\u003e and the Civil War section of \u003ci\u003eSpecimen Days\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBilly Collins \u003c\/b\u003ehas published nine volumes of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eHoroscopes of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He served as United States poet laureate from 2001 to 2003 and was New York State poet laureate from 2004 to 2006. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY) and the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute in Florida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Davison\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of ten books of verse, culminating in \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of Peter Davison, 1957-1995\u003c\/i\u003e, before his eleventh and final collection, \u003ci\u003eBreathing Room\u003c\/i\u003e. Davison also wrote a memoir, \u003ci\u003eHalf Remembered: A Personal History\u003c\/i\u003e; a book of criticism, \u003ci\u003eOne of the Dangerous Trades: Essays on the Work and Workings of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e; and a literary chronicle, \u003ci\u003eThe Fading Smile: Poets in Boston from Robert Frost to Robert Lowell to Sylvia Plath, 1955-1960\u003c\/i\u003e. He was also poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisabeth Panttaja Brink\u003c\/b\u003e teaches writing in the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College. She has a PhD in American Literature and is the author of scholarly essays, short stories, and two novels, \u003ci\u003eSave Your Own\u003c\/i\u003e and (as Elisabeth Elo) \u003ci\u003eNorth of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 6.7 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755989041440,"sku":"9780451419170","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3fb8104fd991dec305ee82afa976ee1b.webp?v=1780072184","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/leaves-of-grass-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}