{"product_id":"walt-whitman-by-walt-whitman-9781399614139","title":"Walt Whitman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the highly controversial \u003cb\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/b\u003e, with its overt sexual imagery and delight of sensual pleasures, to the iconic \u003cb\u003eCaptain, oh my captain\u003c\/b\u003e immortalised in the film \u003cb\u003eDead Poets Society\u003c\/b\u003e, this short collection is the ideal introduction to the poetry of \u003ci\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the words of the modernist poet Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman was 'America's poet . . . he \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e America'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428432298220,"sku":"9781399614139","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399614139.jpg?v=1774496725","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/walt-whitman-by-walt-whitman-9781399614139","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}