内容简介
ThemostextraordinarypieceofwitandwisdomthatAmericahasyetcontributed.—RalphWaldoEmerson.Inspiredbytranscendentalism,Whitman'simmortalcollectionincludessomeofthegreatestpoemsofmoderntimes,includinghismasterpieceSongofMyself.Shatteringstandardconventionsofsymbolismandallegory,itstandsasanunabashedcelebrationofbodyandnature.
作者简介
Walter"Walt"Whitman(May31,1819–March26,1892)wasanAmericanpoet,essayistandjournalist.Ahumanist,hewasapartofthetransitionbetweentranscendentalismandrealism,incorporatingbothviewsinhisworks.WhitmanisamongthemostinfluentialpoetsintheAmericancanon,oftencalledthefatheroffreeverse.Hisworkwasverycontroversialinitstime,particularlyhispoetrycollectionLeavesofGrass,whichwasdescribedasobsceneforitsovertsexuality.