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Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics) by Walt Whitman; Malcolm Cowley; Malcolm Cowley is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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.

Who reads Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics)?

Author

Walt Whitman; Malcolm Cowley; Malcolm Cowley

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

1961

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101659625

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Nature, History, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (3,596 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14