| Leaves of Grass: The Death-Bed Edition Contributor(s): Whitman, Walt (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679600760 ISBN-13: 9780679600763 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: It is not only the allusions to sex and physiology that disturbed Whitman's critics but also his departure from the rules of conventional poetry. He broke down the standard metred line, discard the obligatory rhyming scheme, and freely expressed himself in the living vernacular of American speech. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.3 |
| LCCN: 93011039 |
| Series: Modern Library (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.82" H x 5.04" W x 7.96" (1.45 lbs) 736 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |