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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry -- 19th century
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry -- 19th century
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Leaves
of
grass
/ [by Walter Whitman] ; edited and with a new afterword by David S. Reynolds.
by
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Oxford University Press, c2005.
Call #:
811.3 W615L
Subjects
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry -- 19th century
ISBN:
9780195183429 (hc.)
0195183428 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Walt Whitman's
Leaves
of
grass
Edition:
150th anniversary ed.
Description:
xvi, 167 p. : port. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Poems.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"I celebrate myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease....observing a spear of summer
grass
." So begins
Leaves
of
Grass
, the first great American poem. The publication of
Leaves
of
Grass
in July 1855 was a landmark event in literary history. Ralph Waldo Emerson judged the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." Nothing like the volume had ever appeared before. Everything about it--the unusual jacket and title page, the exuberant preface, the twelve free-flowing, untitled poems embracing every realm of experience--was new. The 1855 edition broke new ground in its relaxed style, which prefigured free verse; in its sexual candor; in its images of racial bonding and democratic togetherness; and in the intensity of its affirmation of the sanctity of the physical world. This Anniversary Edition captures the typeface, design and layout of the original edition supervised by Whitman himself. Today's readers get a sense of the "ur-text" of
Leaves
of
Grass
, the first version of this historic volume, before Whitman made many revisions of both format and style. The volume also boasts an afterword by Whitman authority David Reynolds, in which he discusses the 1855 edition in its social and cultural contexts: its background, its reception, and its contributions to literary history. There is also an appendix containing the early responses to the volume, including Emerson's letter, Whitman's three self-reviews, and the twenty other known reviews published in various newspapers and magazines.
Genre:
American poetry.
Other authors:
Reynolds, David S., 1948-
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Adult Nonfiction
811.3 W615L
Core Collection - Adult
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Jul 16, 2024
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