{"product_id":"walt-whitmans-leaves-of-grass-hardcover","title":"Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid S. Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs featured in AMC's \u003c\/em\u003eBreaking Bad\u003cem\u003e, given by Gale Boetticher to Walter White and discovered by Hank Schrader\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I celebrate myself, \u003cbr\u003eAnd what I assume you shall assume, \u003cbr\u003eFor every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI loafe and invite my soul, \u003cbr\u003eI lean and loafe at my ease....observing a spear of summer grass.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo begins \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/em\u003e, the first great American poem and indeed, to this day, the greatest and most essentially American poem in all our national literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publication of \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/em\u003e in July 1855 was a landmark event in literary history. Ralph Waldo Emerson judged the book \"the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed.\" Nothing like the volume had ever appeared before. Everything about it--the unusual jacket and title page, the exuberant preface, the twelve free-flowing, untitled poems embracing every realm of experience--was new. The 1855 edition broke new ground in its relaxed style, which prefigured free verse; in its sexual candor; in its images of racial bonding and democratic togetherness; and in the intensity of its affirmation of the sanctity of the physical world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Anniversary Edition captures the typeface, design and layout of the original edition supervised by Whitman himself. Today's readers get a sense of the \"ur-text\" of \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/em\u003e, the first version of this historic volume, before Whitman made many revisions of both format and style. The volume also boasts an afterword by Whitman authority David Reynolds, in which he discusses the 1855 edition in its social and cultural contexts: its background, its reception, and its contributions to literary history. There is also an appendix containing the early responses to the volume, including Emerson's letter, Whitman's three self-reviews, and the twenty other known reviews published in various newspapers and magazines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis special volume will be a must-have keepsake for fans of Whitman and lovers of American poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid S. Reynolds\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor of English and American Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Among his many books are \u003cem\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/em\u003e (part of Oxford's Lives and Legacies series), \u003cem\u003eWalt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003cem\u003eBeneath the American Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Christian Gauss Award. A regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, he lives in Old Westbury, New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 167\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.52 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256317272166,"sku":"9780195183429","price":53.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VlFPQVBhcW5HVXRTNUxneUxsc3gydz09.webp?v=1773712231","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/walt-whitmans-leaves-of-grass-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}