Leaves of Grass: (1855)(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (平装) 014303927X

When Walt Whitman self-published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the courseof literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules ofpoetry while describing the soul of the American character.

Throughout his great career, Whitman continuously revised, expanded, and republished Leavesof Grass, but as Harold Bloom reminds us, the book that matters most is the 1855 original. Incelebration of the poem?s 150th anniversary, Penguin Classics proudly presents the 1855 text in itsoriginal and complete form, with a specially commissioned introductory essay by HaroldBloom. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

"Whitman, the great poet, has meant so much to me. Whitman the one man breaking a way ahead.Whitman the one pioneer . . . Ahead of Whitman, nothing. Ahead of all poets, pioneering into thewilderness of unopened life, Whitman. Beyond him, none." ?D. H. Lawrence

This deluxe 150th anniversary edition of Whitman's masterwork features the complete text of the 1855 poem in its original and complete form, with a specially commissioned introductory essay by bestselling critic Harold Bloom. Walt Whitman (1819?1892) was one of the most original and important Americanpoets who ever lived. He was born on Long Island and educated in Brooklyn, New York. He diedin Camden, New Jersey.

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles EliotNorton Professor at Har

出版社	Penguin Classics
作者	Walt Whitman