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Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass (Wisehouse Classics – Authentic Reproduction of the 1855 First Edition)

Walt Whitman published his first collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, in 1855. Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and revising it multiple times until his death.
It was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics. Over time, however, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and been recognised as one of the central works of American poetry.
145 printed pages
Original publication
2019
Publication year
2019
Publisher
Legend Press
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  • Алина Калининаhas quoted3 years ago
    On him rise solid growths that offset the growths of pine and cedar and hemlock and liveoak and locust and chestnut and cypress and hickory and limetree and cottonwood and tuliptree and cactus and wildvine and tamarind and persimmon.... and tangles as tangled as any canebrake or swamp.... and forests coated with transparent ice and icicles hanging from the boughs and crackling in the wind.... and sides and peaks of mountains.... and pasturage sweet and free as savannah or upland or prairie.... with flights and songs and screams that answer those of the wildpigeon and highhold and orchard-oriole and coot and surf-duck and redshouldered-hawk and fish-hawk and white-ibis and indian-hen and cat-owl and water-pheasant and qua-bird and pied-sheldrake and blackbird and mockingbird and buzzard and condor and night-heron and eagle.

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