Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics)
by:
Walt Whitman (author)
Features the poem of the author.
Features the poem of the author.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140421996 (0140421998)
ASIN: 0140421998
Publish date: 1981-06-25
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
American,
Anthologies,
Collections,
College,
19th Century,
Poetry,
Fiction
This slim book was assigned to me in college and was my introduction to Walt William. This is the first 1855 edition of only 12 poems, later given titles: "Song of Myself," "A Song For Occupations," "To Think of Time," "The Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Faces," "Song of the Answerer," "Eur...
This is a nice, low-priced edition (with introduction) of the 1855 edition with the Prologue. I am trying to learn to read poetry. Even this great poem, though, was very tough going for me -- so inexperience am I with poetry.
Look, I'm not really a fan of poetry, but this was just fantastic.
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