Leaves of Grass
1855 Edition
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Narrated by:
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Edoardo Ballerini
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By:
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Walt Whitman
About this listen
In 1855, Walt Whitman published, at his own expense, the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of 12 poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free-verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter.
Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and praising the senses and sexual love, this monumental work, now a classic of American poetry, was condemned as immoral upon publication.
Included in this edition are some of the greatest poems of modern times, works that continue to upset conventional notions of beauty and originality even today.
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