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Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1892

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Book Description
Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death... More
Book Information
PublisherNew York University Press
BindingHardcover (256 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages216
ISBN-100814710166
ISBN-13978-0814710166
Publication Date10/01/1980
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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 Harold W. Blodgett (Editor) : Harold W. Blodgett is a published editor. Published credits of Harold W. Blodgett include Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems (Volume II [2]: Poems, 1860-1867).
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About Sculley Bradley (Editor) : Sculley Bradley is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Sculley Bradley include Scarlet Letter: An Authoritative Text Essays in Criticism and Scholarship (Norton Critical... more
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About William White (Editor) : William White is a published author. Some of the published credits of William White include The cycle of the seasons (Living nature series), Edge of the ocean (Living nature series).
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4/11/2010 Bruce Stacy said: Written by ann ancestor (cousin)
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1/15/2008 Amanda Jackson said: "Song of Myself" may be the best work of poetry ever.

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