Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition - Brossura

Whitman, Walt

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ISBN 10: 0140421998 ISBN 13: 9780140421996

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 1961

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

“Whitman, the great poet, has meant so much to me. Whitman the one man breaking a way ahead. Whitman the one pioneer . . . Ahead of Whitman, nothing. Ahead of all poets, pioneering into the wilderness of unopened life, Whitman. Beyond him, none.” —D. H. Lawrence

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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892) is one of the greatest American poets. Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, which he added to and reshuffled throughout his life.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1961
• ISBN 10: 0140421998
• ISBN 13: 9780140421996
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Redattore: Cowley Malcolm