Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 creator text utu 1998 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman is a poetry collection first published in 1855. Beginning with just twelve poems, Whitman continuously revised and expanded this work throughout his life, eventually creating a collection of over four hundred poems. He celebrates American democracy, nature, the human body, and sensual pleasure in verse that breaks traditional rules of rhyme and meter. The book's explicit content sparked controversy and condemnation, yet it ultimately became recognized as one of the central works of American poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaves_of_Grass Release date is 1998-05-01 G. Fuhrman and David Widger Original publication data not identified American poetry -- 19th century PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1322 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1322 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133043.0 1322