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1884 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass American Poetry SEXUALITY Scandal Romanticism
1884 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass American Poetry SEXUALITY Scandal Romanticism
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1884 Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass American Poetry SEXUALITY Scandal Romanticism



“Oh Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weatherd every rack, the prize we sought is won.”

– Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass



Walt Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon and is often called the father of free verse. His work, especially “Leaves of Grass”, was very controversial in its time due to its contents containing overt sexuality.



Some of the notable poems contained in this collection include:

I sing the Body Electric

A Woman Waits for Me

The Ship Starting

To The Garden the World

Children of Adam

Sea-Drift

Drum-Taps

Calamus



Item number: #30115

Price: $750



WHITMAN, Walter



Leaves of Grass



Philadelphia: David McKay, Washington Square. 1884.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

382

Provenance: Handwritten

Chester Giblin

Oliver Barnwell

J. P. Whitney, 1886

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Decorative green cloth

Size: ~8.5in X 5.75in (21.5cm x 14.5cm)



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