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  Poetic Lives: Whitman (Poetic Lives) (Paperback) By (author) Richard Canning

  

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  Short Description for Poetic Lives: WhitmanWalt Whitman's importance in the Western literary canon cannot be overstated. Frequently named the father of America letters, he is best known for the free verse collection Leaves of Grass.
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  • Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
  • Published: 27 July 2012
  • Format: Paperback 112 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: Literary | Poetry By Individual Poets | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets | Classics
  • ISBN 13: 9781843913054 ISBN 10: 1843913054

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• Walt Whitman's importance in the Western literary canon cannot be overstated. Frequently named the father of America letters, he is best known for the free verse collection Leaves of Grass. The second of nine children born to financially straitened parents, Whitman left school at the age of eleven and worked as a reporter before beginning work on Leaves of Grass while in his early thirties. Initially self-published, the collection grew in popularity after being praised by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Many contemporary reviewers accused Whitman of obscenity as a result of his poetry's overtly sexual content. Speculation about his sexuality - the result of the homosexual overtones of his work - has been rife and inconclusive. Richard Canning illustrates and elucidates the biography of the great poet using extracts from his verse, creating an insightful and sensitive portrait of a frequently misunderstood figure.