Leaves of Grass: The "Death-Bed" Edition (Modern Library Series)
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Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many other editions of Leaves of Grass, which reproduce various short, early versions, this Modern Library Paperback Classics "Death-bed" edition presents everything Whitman wrote in its final form, and includes newly commissioned notes.BooknewsA selection of the writings of Whitman from the volumes , , , , , , , , , , , , and others. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Introduction and CelebrationviiSuggestions for Further ReadingxxxixFacsimile Frontispiece2Facsimile Title Page3Whitman's Preface5Song of Myself28A Song for Occupations97To Think of Time109The Sleepers117I Sing the Body Electric129Faces137Song of the Answerer142Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States146A Boston Ballad148There Was a Child Went Forth151Who Learns My Lesson Complete?154Great Are the Myths156
