Song of Myself

by Walt Whitman

Overview

It was with this first version of "Song of Myself," from the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, that Whitman first made himself known to the world. Readers familiar with the later, revised editions will find this first version new, surprising, and often superior to the revisions, and exhilarating in the freshness of its vision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486414102
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	02/15/2001
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

One of America's most influential and innovative poets, Walt Whitman (1819–92) worked as a teacher, journalist, and volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Proclaimed as the nation's first "poet of democracy," Whitman reached out to common readers and opposed censorship with his overt celebrations of sexuality.

Editorial Reviews

"Grand but intimate, earthy but also dreamy."  —Observer


"The great unrhymed, long-lined, self-celebratory sensation of the 1850s."  —Los Angeles Times

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