Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-92 Editions
A Library of America Paperback Classic
$48.17
- Paperback
757 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2018
Summary
Announcing Paperback Classics from THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAIn 1855, a small volume appeared, self-published by a failed Brooklyn journalist and carpenter- twelve untitled poems and a preface announcing the author’s aims. A commercial failure, this book was the first stage of a massive, lifelong enterprise. Six editions and thirty-seven years later, Leaves of Grass had been recognized as one of the central masterworks of world poetry. This Library of America Paperback Classic includes two comple…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598530971 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598530976 |
| Author: | Walt Whitman, John Hollander |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 757 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Library of America (Hardcover) |
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“Whitman should be kicked from all decent society as below the level of a brute.” -The Intelligencer, 1855
“The greatest of our poets … the American bard, our Homer and our Milton.” -Harold Bloom, 2005
About The Author
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was born on Long Island and educated in Brooklyn, New York. He served as a printer’s devil, journeyman compositor, itinerant schoolteacher, editor, and unofficial nurse to Northern and Southern soldiers.
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