num_pages: 729
description: 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.
language: English
title: Leaves of Grass
titlecomplete: Leaves of Grass (The "Death-Bed" Edition)
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Poetry, Philosophy, Classic Literature, School, Literature, Classics, 19th Century
ratings_count: 104051
places: Washington, D.C., New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Modern Library