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This is a perfect reproduction of the original 1855 version of Leaves of Grass, which is simple, exquisite and original; 20 paintings by American illustrator Rockwell Kent, a perfect combination of poetry and painting, complement each other; translator Zou Zhongzhi has made a new round of revision and polishing of the previous translation, making this translation that has been highly praised in the past few years even more perfect. "Leaves of Grass" is a strange book. From content to form, it subverts the European poetry creation model followed by American poets before it, and it is a conscious subversion. Although it has been controversial and criticized since its publication, it is revered as the birth mark of authentic American poetry and is one of the most important poetry collections in the history of world literature in the 19th century. The content of the book is so vast, from which historians saw the American history of the 19th century, thinkers saw the American expression of the concept of democracy, freedom and equality, philosophers saw the belief in the animism of all things and the immortal soul, travelers saw the wild natural scenery and the magnificent and boiling urban scenes of the United States, young people read the praise of the body and sex, and the elderly saw the fearlessness of death... The importance of Whitman in the history of American and world literature cannot be overstated.

Walt Whitman, the father of modern American poetry, was a famous poet and humanist in the 19th century. Due to the profound influence of democrats Thomas Paine and Emerson in his early years. Since 1839, he began to create literature. In 1850, he began to publish free verse in newspapers to express his love for nature and praise of free and democratic life.