Leaves of Grass

The First (1855) Edition

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Inspirational & Religious, American
Cover of the book Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Penguin Publishing Group
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Author: Walt Whitman ISBN: 9781101659625
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: July 10, 1961
Imprint: Penguin Classics Language: English
Author: Walt Whitman
ISBN: 9781101659625
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: July 10, 1961
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Language: English

Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many other editions of Leaves of Grass, which reproduce various short, early versions, this Modern Library Paperback Classics "Death-bed" edition presents everything Whitman wrote in its final form, and includes newly commissioned notes.

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Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many other editions of Leaves of Grass, which reproduce various short, early versions, this Modern Library Paperback Classics "Death-bed" edition presents everything Whitman wrote in its final form, and includes newly commissioned notes.

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