{"product_id":"walt-whitman-the-great-poets-9781399614139b","title":"Walt Whitman (The Great Poets)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFrom the highly controversial \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/span\u003e, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the iconic \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCaptain, oh my captain \u003c\/span\u003eimmortalised in the film \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDead Poets Society\u003c\/span\u003e, this short collection is the ideal introduction to the poetry of Walt Whitman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the words of the modernist poet Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman was 'America's poet . . . he \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003eAmerica'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824156708944,"sku":"9781399614139B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781399614139-l.jpg?v=1785895442","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/walt-whitman-the-great-poets-9781399614139b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}