{"product_id":"leaves-of-grass-by-walt-whitman-9780241303122","title":"Leaves of Grass","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collectible new Penguin Classics series offers beautiful, slim, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1855, Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/em\u003e. The volume received great praise from leading Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. This encouragement led to what would become a lifelong project, as Whitman expanded and rewrote the volume until his death in 1892.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhitman's innovative use of free verse and the quotidian achieved his aim of reaching out to the everyday American. This edition, based on the earliest published version of 1855, features Whitman's most famous poem, 'Song of Myself', an American epic inspired by his personal experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46501661704428,"sku":"9780241303122","price":19.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24830553482273.jpg?v=1748600850","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/leaves-of-grass-by-walt-whitman-9780241303122","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}