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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679783423
ISBN-13
9780679783428
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1807543
Product Key Features
Book Title
Leaves of Grass : the Death-Bed Edition
Author
Walt. Whitman
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, American / General, Movements / Humanism, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Poetry, Philosophy
Number of Pages
800 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps32012000
Edition Description
Annual
Reviews
"Whitman's best poems have that permanent quality of being freshly painted, of not being dulled by the varnish of the years." --Malcolm Cowley
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
00-064572
Dewey Decimal
811/.3
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Modern Library Classics Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
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