Leaves of grass, 1860 : the 150th anniversary facsimile edition / Walt Whitman ; edited by Jason Stacy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Contributor:

Stacy, Jason, 1970-

Series:

Iowa Whitman series.

Iowa Whitman series

Standardized Title:

Leaves of grass

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--19th century.

American poetry.

Poetry, Modern--19th century.

Poetry, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (551 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Iowa Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In May 1860, Walt Whitman published a third edition of Leaves of Grass. His timing was compelling. Printed during a period of regional, ideological, and political divisions, written by a poet intimately concerned with the idea of a United States as "essentially the greatest poem," this new edition was Whitman's last best hope for national salvation. Now available in a facsimile edition, Leaves of Grass, 1860 faithfully reproduces Whitman's attempt to create a "Great construction of the New Bible" to save the nation on the eve of civil war and, for the first time, frames the book in historical

Contents:

Contents to Facsimile Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Contents; Proto-Leaf; Walt Whitman; Chants Democratic and Native American: Numbers 1 to 21; Leaves of Grass: Numbers 1 to 24; Salut au Monde; Poem of Joys; A Word Out of the Sea; A Leaf of Faces; Europe, the 72d and 73d Years T. S.; Enfans D'Adam: Numbers 1 to 15; Poem of the Road; To the Sayers of Words; A Boston Ballad, the 78th Year T. S.; Calamus: Numbers 1 to 45; Crossing Brooklyn Ferry; Longings for Home; Messenger Leaves; To You, Whoever You Are; To a Foiled Revolter or Revoltress; To Him that was Crucified

To One Shortly to DieTo a Common Prostitute; To Rich Givers; To a Pupil; To the States, to Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad; To a Cantatrice; Walt Whitman's Caution; To a President; To Other Lands; To Old Age; To You; To You; Mannahatta; France, the 18th Year T. S.; Thoughts: Numbers 1 to 7; Unnamed Lands; Kosmos; A Hand-Mirror; Beginners . . . Tests; Savantism . . . Perfections; Says; Debris; Sleep-Chasings; Burial; To My Soul; So long; Annotations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781587298776

1587298775

OCLC:

694101264