Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman
32 pages (2007/1855); 164KB download
WOWIO Books; ISBN: WOWIO-00135

DESCRIPTION

Revolutionary and far ahead of his time, Walt Whitman published his first book of poetry, Leaves of Grass, in 1855. The preface to the 1855 edition of his poems is an important work in its own right: the power of his prose is equal to that of his poetry. Moreover, in Whitman's Preface, his expression of his theory of American literature and American writers, namely poets, continues to influence modern literature.