Leaves of Grass: The "Death-Bed" Edition (Jefferson Publication) (Dover Thrift Editions) (Getting Started in)

by Walt Whitman

William Carlos Williams (Introduction)

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.

• ISBN10: 0679783423
• ISBN13: 9780679783428
• Publish Date: 28 November 2000 (first published 4 April 1855)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Modern Library Inc
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 800
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780679783428

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

I (re-)read more Whitman last year that I have in a long while. I plan to keep that going in 2016.

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

I'm not sure how to review poetry. I don't read much of it, but I love the romantics and seem to have entrenched myself with their works. so I wanted to try something different and this seems to be a highly recommend collection. I enjoyed it, it was bold, lyrical but felt overly optimistic, which I'm not into.