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Leaves of Grass: The "Death-Bed" Edition

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Book 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 visi... More
Book Information
PublisherModern Library
BindingPaperback (256 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages800
ISBN-100679783423
ISBN-13978-0679783428
Publication Date11/28/2000
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About John Ashbery (Author) : John Ashbery is a published translator. Published credits of John Ashbery include Alfred and Guinevere (New York Review Books Classics) and Wonder Tales: Six French Stories of Enchantment.
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About Walt Whitman (Author) : Walt Whitman is a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Walt Whitman include The Greatest American Poetry, Song of Myself, El Astro... more
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About William Carlos Williams (Introduction) : William Carlos Williams is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of William Carlos Williams include Selected poems, William Carlos Williams (Voices of Poetry), The Doct... more
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4/11/2010 Bruce Stacy said: Written by ann ancestor (cousin)
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