As Malcolm Cowley says in his introduction, the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" 'might be called the buried masterpiece of American writing', for it exhibits 'Whitman at his best, Whitman at his freshest in vision and boldest in language, Whitman transformed by a new experience.' Mr Cowley has taken the first edition from its narrow circulation among scholars, faithfully edited it, added his own introduction and Whitman's original introduction (which never appeared in any other edition during Whitman's life), and returned it to the common readership to whom the great poet really speaks.
As Malcolm Cowley says in his introduction, the first edition of Leaves of Grass 'might be called the buried masterpiece of American writing', for it exhibits 'Whitman at his best, Whitman at his freshest in vision and boldest in language, Whitman transformed by a new experience.' Mr Cowley has taken the first edition from its narrow circulation among scholars, faithfully edited it, added his own introduction and Whitman's original introduction (which never appeared in any other edition during Whitman's life), and returned it to the common readership to whom the great poet really speaks.
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LEAVES OF GRASS
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Facsimile Frontispiece
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Facsimile Title Page
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Whitman's Introduction
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Song of Myself1
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A Song for Occupations
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To Think of Time
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The Sleepers
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I Sing the Body Electric
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Faces
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Song of the Answerer
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Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States
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A Boston Ballad
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There Was a Child Went Forth
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Who Learns My Lesson Complete
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Great Are the Myths
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