Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman
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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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Leaves of Grass
2015, HarperCollins Publishers Limited, William Collins
in English
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Leaves of Grass: the Complete Deathbed Edition
2012-06-08, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Leaves of Grass (Borders Classics Series)
2004-01-01, Borders Classics / Borders Gro
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Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass (1855 Edition)
1998, Lowe & B. Hould Publishers
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Foglie di erba: con le due aggiunte e gli "Echi della vecchiaia" dell'edizione del 1900
1907, Remo Sandron
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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. First published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. There have been held to be either six or nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass, the count varying depending on how they are distinguished.[2] This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades—the first edition being a small book of twelve poems, and the last, a compilation of over 400.
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