description: Wonderfully illustrated Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, contained twelve long untitled poems, but Whitman continued to expand it throughout his life. Whitman's poetry was unprecedented in its unapologetic joy in the physical and its inextricable link to the spiritual. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote to "I am very happy in reading [Leaves of Grass], as great power makes us happy ... I find incomparable things said incomparably well, as they must be."
language: English
title: Illustrated Leaves of Grass
titlecomplete: Illustrated Leaves of Grass
genres: Literature, American, Classics, School, Philosophy, 19th Century, Fiction, Poetry, The United States Of America, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 104059
places: New York City, New York, Washington, D.C.
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Grosset & Dunlap