1.0ΒΙΒΛΙΟΒΑΡΔΙΑ Βιβλιοπωλείο - Εκδόσειςhttps://vivliovardia.gr/en/artdirectorhttps://vivliovardia.gr/en/author/artdirector/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4uGdylTpfF"><a href="https://vivliovardia.gr/en/product/epilogi-poiimaton/">A selection of poems</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://vivliovardia.gr/en/product/epilogi-poiimaton/embed/#?secret=4uGdylTpfF" width="600" height="338" title="“A selection of poems” — ΒΙΒΛΙΟΒΑΡΔΙΑ Βιβλιοπωλείο - Εκδόσεις" data-secret="4uGdylTpfF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://vivliovardia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/XEPO_whitman-poiimata.webp10001483"Whitman wanted his poetry to be 'a song of the great pride that man feels in himself,' and to achieve this he recognized no limits to the investigation of complex human psychology, thus giving rise to the accusations of the Puritans and the persecutions of the Philistines. At the same time, he tried to give his own version of the American dream, as he saw it, in harmony with the great transformations of the society of which he was a witness and a prophet. His poetry is a wide muddy river that glorifies Nature and Man, full of lyricism, eroticism, pagan tendencies, psychological approaches, philosophical allusions, political observations, social criticism, metaphysical flashes. Rightly considered the founder of American poetry, who influenced and continues to influence all later poets." from the introduction.