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Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman
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Description for Leaves of Grass
Paperback. Features the poem of the author. Editor(s): Cowley, Malcolm. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140421996
SKU
9780140421996
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Ref
99-1
About Walt Whitman
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.
Reviews for Leaves of Grass
“Whitman, the great poet, has meant so much to me. Whitman 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