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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding Leaves of Grass [ 1 ] until his death in 1892.
- Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley
- 1855
Oct 3, 2024 · Leaves of Grass, collection of poetry by American author Walt Whitman, first presented as a group of 12 poems published anonymously in 1855. It was followed by five revised and three reissued editions during the author’s lifetime. Poems not published in his lifetime were added in 1897.
- Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley
- 1855
By some fortunate conversion of mysticism, talent, and singular vision of humanity, in 1855, Walt Whitman published his first edition of Leaves of Grass, a slim volume consisting of twelve untitled poems and a preface. He designed the cover, and typeset and paid for the printing of the book himself.
Leaves of Grass, 1855-1861. A timeline from Walt Whitman’s publication of the first edition of his masterpiece Leaves of Grass in July 1855 through two subsequent editions and his first sighting of Abraham Lincoln as the president-elect passed through New York on his way to his March 1861 inauguration in Washington, shortly before the start ...
The Walt Whitman Archive, edited by Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price, is published by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln under a Creative Commons License.
The Walt Whitman Archive, edited by Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price, is published by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln under a Creative Commons License.
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Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855. He produced varied editions of the work ending with the ninth, or “deathbed” edition, in 1891–1892. What began as a slim book of 12 poems was by the end of his life a thick compendium of almost 400.
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