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Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition (Penguin Classics)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.3
EAN: 9780140421996
ISBN: 0140421998
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: July 10, 1961
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics
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Editorial Review:
This edition of Whitman's great poetry collection tries to be as true to the original 1855 edition as possible.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The original lean, bursting on the scene, Whitman
4 1/2 stars, really, but we can't do that. This is the original 1855 version. Whitman added to the collection throughout his life, ending up with an overstuffed and very uneven "deathbed" version, which is better known. There are some good poems in it which aren't in the original, such as When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd, but there's a lot of pretty weak stuff, too. The 1855 has a small number of pretty consistently excellent poems which are highly original and loosely but definitely connected. ... Read More
Rating:  - Not the 1855
At least as available for the Kindle, this is not the 1855 edition. It seems to be the final edition, which is of course great, but not what I intended to get based on the product description posted. Also, the foreward and afterward mentioned in the description are missing. I don't expect the moon for a low price, but I do expect to get what I pay for.
Rating: - Excellent edition of Whitman's Masterwork
Choosing the fullest, most complete version of Whitman's text, before the final editing of the deathbed edition, but following the additions made after the Civil War, the Norton Critical is a must have for students of poetry, or literature, and of nature. The wild, ecstatic hunger for the world, the ravishment of the senses, as Norman Mailer put it (though not about Whitman), the mysticism of the flesh, Whitman is, arguably, the most accomplished poet of American letters.
A must read for ... Read More
Rating:  - A looser
I bought this and returned it. There must be someone out there with the right voice and reading skills to bring us Whitman's words and rhythms. Ms. Gibson's soprano sing-song doesn't make it.
Rating: - What book will you get when you order this?
There seems to be some confusion, both in the editorial reviews and the customer reviews, about what edition is being referred to in this listing. the first editorial review correctly discusses the first edition as shorter and "less bloated" than the deathbed edition. however, the rest of the reviews seem to discuss either edition indiscriminately.
the two are effectively different books. the cover shown is of the first edition including an illuminating essay by malcolm cowley--that's certainly ... Read More
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