Leaves of Grass
by Walt. Whitman, Malcolm Cowley (Editor, Introduction by)
ISBN-10: 0140421998
ISBN-13: 9780140421996
$13.00
Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published on
Jul 10, 1961
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8.66x5.91x0.98 Inches
Weight
0.33 Pounds
About the Book
As Malcolm Cowley says in his introduction, the first edition of Leaves of Grass 'might be called the buried masterpiece of American writing', for it exhibits 'Whitman at his best, Whitman at his freshest in vision and boldest in language, Whitman transformed by a new experience.' Mr Cowley has taken the first edition from its narrow circulation among scholars, faithfully edited it, added his own introduction and Whitman's original introduction (which never appeared in any other edition during Whitman's life), and returned it to the common readership to whom the great poet really speaks.