Leaves of Grass: (A Modern Library E-Book)

English

Series: Bantam Classics Ser.

ISBN: 2370002819

EAN: 2370002819671

Category: Poetry / General

Publisher: Bantam Classics

Release Date: 10/26/2004

Synopsis: 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.

Leaves of Grass: (A Modern Library E-Book)

Illustrated: No

Format: eBook - EPUB