Description: Leaves of Grass (illustrated), Walt Whitman, 1940, Doubleday-Doran. - 8.25 x 11 inches, approx.; 316 pages.- nice heavy fabric covered boards.- several (perhaps 25-30) impressive full-page illustrations, both b&w and full color. - Artist Lewis Daniel (1901-1952) was a well-known illustrator, with work held in the Smithsonian. - Wikipedia: Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing, rewriting, and expanding it until his death in 1892. Six to nine individual editions of Leaves of Grass were produced, with very different editions over four decades. The first edition had only twelve poems, and the last had over 400. The collection represents the celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity and praises nature and the individual human's role in it. Rather than focusing on religious or spiritual matters, Leaves of Grass focuses primarily on the body and the material world. Its poems do not rhyme or follow standard rules for meter and line length. Whitman chose his idealized self as the subject of the book, created the style in which it was written and worked hard and intelligently to perfect the style over a period of six or seven years, creating the personality of the proletarian bard, the supposed writer of the poems. Leaves of Grass is also notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. The book was highly controversial during its time for its explicit sexual imagery, and Whitman was subject to derision by many contemporary critics. Over time, however, the collection has infiltrated popular culture and became recognized as one of the central works of American poetry. Among the works in this collection are "Song of Myself", "I Sing the Body Electric", and "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking". Later editions would include Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" - Condition: Very Good condition for this vintage Whitman opus. No owner name inside. Attractive cover shows slight spine tanning, and little other wear. Hinges/binding are strong/tight...no spine cracks. No apparent age-tanning to paper. Interior is all clean....no tears, creases, stains, other marks. A nicely preserved specimen. -
Price: 24 USD
Location: Rancho Cordova, California
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