{"product_id":"walt-whitman-a-glorious-collection-from-one-of-americas-best-loved-and-controversial-poets-9781399614139","title":"Walt Whitman: A Glorious Collection from One of America's Best-Loved and Controversial Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the highly controversial \u003cb\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/b\u003e, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the iconic \u003cb\u003eCaptain, oh my captain\u003c\/b\u003e immortalised in the film \u003cb\u003eDead Poets Society\u003c\/b\u003e, this short collection is the ideal introduction to the poetry of Walt Whitman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the greats, he was celebrated both during his lifetime and ever since - he is widely considered to be the father of free verse. During the American Civil War he worked in hospitals caring for the wounded, and his own funeral in 1892 was a public event. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the words of the modernist poet Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman was 'America's poet . . . he \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003eAmerica'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicholson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399614139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128","brand":"Walt Whitman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43838744953013,"sku":"9781399614139","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3b17a8f5-4ed0-4109-bfab-14230945d065.jpg?v=1712029184","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/walt-whitman-a-glorious-collection-from-one-of-americas-best-loved-and-controversial-poets-9781399614139","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}