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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.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Manuscripts, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Gay poets, Presidents, Poetry, American Poets, Fiction, English poetry, American poetry, Mysticism, Classic Literature, Biography, History, American Epic poetry, Poems, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Leaves of grass, Leaves of grass (Whitman, Walt), Mysticism, poetry, LGBTQ poetry, Leaves of grass, Politics and government, American literature, POETRY / American / General, Calligraphy, Specimens, Protected DAISY, Accessible book, Democracy in literature, Self in literature, Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature, Poésie américaine, Poètes américains, Poésie épique américaine, American poetry (collections), 19th century, Private presses, Wood-engraving, Poesia Norte Americana, Leather bindings (Bookbinding), Bookbinders, Bayntun-Riviere (Bindery), Limited Editions Club, American poetry, history and criticism, 19th century, Whitman, walt, 1819-1892, concordances, Sheldan, moreah , 1930-, American poetry--19th century, Poets, american, Poets, american--19th century, Ps3201 1855e 2005, 811/.3
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2015, HarperCollins Publishers Limited, William Collins
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Leaves of Grass
2012-05-26, Simon & Brown
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Leaves of Grass: The Death Bed Edition
2008-01-01, Digireads.com
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Leaves of grass
2007, Book Jungle
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Leaves of grass
2007, Wilder Publications
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Leaves of Grass
2000, Random House Publishing Group
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Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass (1855 Edition)
1998, Lowe & B. Hould Publishers
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Leaves of Grass: Including Sands at Seventy, Goodbye My Fancy, A Backward Glance o'er Travel'd Roads, and Portrait from Life
1891, D. McKay
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Leaves of Grass
1884, D. McKay

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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. First published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting Leaves of Grass, revising it multiple times until his death. There have been held to be either six or nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass, the count varying depending on how they are distinguished.[2] This resulted in vastly different editions over four decades—the first edition being a small book of twelve poems, and the last, a compilation of over 400.

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