Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

As Malcolm Cowley says in his introduction, the first edition of Leaves of Grass 'might be called the buried masterpiece of American writing', for it exhibits 'Whitman at his best, Whitman at his freshest in vision and boldest in language, Whitman transformed by a new experience.' Mr Cowley has taken the first edition from its narrow circulation among scholars, faithfully edited it, added his own introduction and Whitman's original introduction (which never appeared in any other edition during Whitman's life), and returned it to the common readership to whom the great poet really speaks.

“Whitman, the great poet, has meant so much to meWhitman the one man breaking a way ahead. Whitman the one pioneer . . . Ahead of Whitman, nothing. Ahead of all poets, pioneering into the wilderness of unopened life, Whitman. Beyond him, none.” —D. H. Lawrence

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) is one of the greatest American poets. Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, which he added to and reshuffled throughout his life.

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ISBN 13	9780140421996
ISBN 10	0140421998
Title	Leaves of Grass
Author	Walt Whitman
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1981-06-25
Number of pages	192
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