Walt Whitman

Broschiertes Buch

Selected Poems

Beschreibung

Walt Whitman was born in 1819. He worked as a journalist and newspaper editor for many years before the appearance of his Leaves of Grass in 1855. This is a collection of his work aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist and carries no explanatory or critical apparatus.

Autor

One of America's most influential and innovative poets, Walt Whitman (1819-92) worked as a teacher, journalist, and volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Proclaimed as the nation's first "poet of democracy," Whitman reached out to common readers and opposed censorship with his overt celebrations of sexuality

Produktdetails

• Dover Thrift Editions
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Altersempfehlung: ab 14 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 132mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 108g
• ISBN-13: 9780486268781
• ISBN-10: 0486268780
• Artikelnr.: 21092089