In fact, Leaves of Grass may be comparable to ... In the first poem (called in later editions "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American" or just "Walt Whitman" before assuming the title "Song of ...

The first edition of Whitman’s major poetic work was published in 1855 at his own expense, and bore only his image—no name. From the first to the last of the six editions of "Leaves of Grass," the ...

The author of Leaves of Grass had loomed so large in my imagination ... two years later (1867), by John Burroughs's Walt Whitman as Poet and Person. Countless other publications on the same ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social ... The evolution of a book - and its author. Many of the poems Whitman added to Leaves of Grass in its different editions reflect changes both in ...

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His notebook from this period bore the name of "Walt Whitman ... had carried a copy of Leaves of Grass to their office, where the future president occasionally read the poems aloud.

In these interview excerpts from scholars, explore Whitman's calling as a poet, and the idea of a ... He wants to sell [Leaves of Grass]. He's hoping that it's going to reach the American people.

Embracing Earth: Burchfield & Whitman is co-curated by ... In 1855 he published the first edition of Leaves of Grass, opening with an uncanny, world-changing poem, “Song of Myself.” ...

Later regarded as one of America's finest poets, Walt Whitman had already published his famous Leaves of Grass when he visited his wounded brother at Fredericksburg. Shocked at the carnage of the ...

Walt Whitman was a 19th century American poet who used lyric to announce ... On July 4th, 1855, Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass, a collection of twelve untitled free verse poems.