Foreword by David S. Reynolds

Illustrated by Rockwell Kent

On Sale: Sep 26, 2018
Page Count: 272 pages
Publisher: BookAnnex
ISBN-13: 9781435166714

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First published by Walt Whitman, in 1855, Leaves of Grass is the landmark poetry collection that introduced the world to a new and uniquely American form. Alive with the mythical strength and vitality that epitomized the American experience in the nineteenth century, and published here with rarely collected illustrative woodcuts by Rockwell Kent, Leaves of Grass continues to inspire, uplift, and unite those who read it.

Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
Missing me one place search another,
I stop some where waiting for you.
—“Song of Myself”

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Walt Whitman

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Walt Whitman (1819–1892) was born near Huntington, Long Island, New York. On July 4, 1855, the first edition of Leaves of Grass, the volume of poems that for the next four decades would become his life's work, was placed on sale. Although some critics treated the volume as a joke and others were outraged by its unprecedented mixture of mysticism and earthiness, the book attracted the attention of some of the finest literary intelligences. Whitman's poetry slowly achieved a wide readership in America and in England.

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Rockwell Kent

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