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Author name: Walt Whitman

 : Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.3
EAN num: 9780486456768
ISBN number: 0486456765
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: February 27, 2007
Publishing house: Dover Publications
Sale Popularity Level: 3121
Studio: Dover Publications




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'The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.' — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece 'Song of Myself.' Shattering standard conventions of symbolism and allegory, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature.




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Rated by buyers 4 out of 5 stars - A small part of 'Leaves of Grass'
The original edition of 'Leaves of Grass' published in 1855 contained twelve poems only. The subsequent editions beginning in 1856 were to greatly expand the work. Thus I would recommed that anyone who wishes to know the true range of Whitman's work find another selection of his work of which there is a larger share of his great work.
Whitman is the poet who Emerson prophesied, the American visionary poet who sang of the complex greatness of the society, and connected his own soul with its expansive facts of life.




Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - What More Can Be Said?
It's difficult to think of something appropriate to say about a man who spent his life trying to express the panorama of humanity through the lense of his own heart. From a drop of blood to the grandeur of a shipyard or a continent, he takes all readers on a journey wild with raving, raging, sorrow, longing, humbleness and pride. At once he is totally modern and yet rife with history.

For readers new to poetry, Walt Whitman is wonderfully accessible. One can pick up Leaves of Grass and virtually start and stop anywhere and pick up something wonderful every time.

Not to be missed.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Sigh...................
Do yourself a favor and buy this book. As soon as you do open it and read O Captain, My Captain. Try to feel the emotions and the meaning behind this poem and finally read the rest of the poems. They are all pure gold.

Buy this book and let yourself get caught up in it.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Loverly
What a lover?! I have fallen in love with Walt Whitman. One such as this writing such passionate things in those times or these...and with such candor. I am so thankful to have read this book. Beautiful.



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