One of the great innovators in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became uniquely American. Written in a pure, uninhibited style with a joyous voice, Leaves of Grass is his masterpiece.
Epic poetry
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Auteur:BLAKE, WilliamSommaire:The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an engraved book of 100 pages (only one copy of which was every fully finished in the colouring...
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Auteur:Boughn, MichaelSommaire:Butt out, Dante. Move over, Milton. Piss off, Pound. Outta the way, Olson. Here comes Cosmographia – a post-Lucretian faux micro-epic, the latest ground breaking incursion into the ever popular spectacle of the Epic Poem. Tracking the...
