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<p>A fully unexpurgated collection that restores the sexual vitality and subversive flair suppressed by Whitman himself in later editions of<i> Leaves of Grass</i>.<br><br>A century after his death, Whitman is still celebrated as America's greatest poet. In this startling new edition of his work, Whitman biographer Gary Schmidgall presents over 200 poems in their original pristine form, in the chronological order in which they were written, with Whitman's original punctuation. Included in this volume are facsimiles of Whitman's original manuscripts, contemporary - and generally blistering - reviews of Whitman's poetry (not surprisingly Henry James hated it), and early pre-<i>Leaves of Grass</i> poems that return us to the physical Whitman, rejoicing - sometimes graphically - in homoerotic love.<br><br>Unlike the many other available editions, all drawn from the final authorized or "deathbed" <i>Leaves of Grass</i>, this collection focuses on the exuberant poems Whitman wrote during the creative and sexual prime of his life, roughly between l853 and l860. These poems are faithfully presented as Whitman first gave them to the world - fearless, explicit and uncompromised - before he t

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Author

Walt Whitman, Gary Schmidgall

Publisher

St. Martin's Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781466854000

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Poetry, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (24 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14