" Over the course of Whitman's life, the book reappeared in many versions, expanded and transformed as the author's experiences and the nation's history changed and grew. Whitman's ambition was to creates something uniquely American.
Presents Whitman's classic collection celebrating himself and the American experience It is not only the allusions to sex and physiology that disturbed Whitman's critics but also his departure from the rules of conventional poetry.
This beautifully designed volume presents the 1855 "Leaves of Grass" in its entirety, unchanged, along with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous letter to Whitman. [Published by www.AmericanRenaissanceBooks.com.]