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May 16, 2011 · Myerson, J. Walt Whitman. cat. Whitman copy: Printed slip tipped to the front fly leaf recto: "Ready in September, Whitman's prose works. Specimen days and Collect, price $2.00. Leaves of grass, price $2.00." Whitman copy: Bound in original dark mustard cloth with lettering in gilt on upper cover and spine. Mottled blue lining paper.
May 27, 2024 · Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey) was an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature.
The links below are to the six American editions of Leaves of Grass published in Whitman's lifetime. (We have also included the so-called deathbed edition of 1891-92. Technically speaking, this is not a distinct edition but is a reprinting of the 1881-82 edition with "annexes.") As time allows, we plan to present additional printings of Leaves ...
Nov 30, 2022 · leaves of grass by walt whitman. Publication date 1940 Publisher doubleday, doran & co., inc. Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language ...
The title Leaves of Grass was a pun. "Grass" was a term given by publishers to works of minor value and "leaves" is another name for the pages on which they were printed. Originally written at a time of significant urbanization in America, Leaves of Grass responds to the impact urbanization has on the masses.
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Leaves of Grass is a collection of poetry written over Walt Whitman 's entire lifetime organized thematically into sections. Whitman revised and added to the book throughout his life, the final edition being published only months before his death in 1891. Whitman was intentional in not organizing the book in any chronological way.
There he continued to write poetry, and in 1881 the seventh edition of Leaves of Grass was published to generally favorable reviews. However, the book was soon banned in Boston on the grounds that it was obscene literature. In January 1892 the final edition of Leaves of Grass appeared on sale, and Whitman's life work was complete.
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