Leaves of Grass (1855) and the Cities of Whitman’s Memory

Authors

William A. Pannapacker, Hope CollegeFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Publication Source

Leaves of grass: the sesquicentennial essays / edited and with an introduction by Susan Belasco, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price.

First Page

199

Last Page

223

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

ISBN

9780803208780

Comments

The link provided is to the Hope College library catalog. Unaffiliated users should search Worldcat.org to find a copy at their local library.

Abstract

This comprehensive volume celebrates the 150th anniversary of the 1855 edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grasswith twenty essays by preeminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus exclusively on the original edition. Once regarded as primarily a collector's item, this edition is now viewed as the poet's most bold and compelling articulation of the possibilities of American democracy.

The essays weave a rich tapestry of the most current, innovative criticism on this foundational book of American poetry. The contributors treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic issues, nineteenth-century America, and even the complex typographical history of the first edition of Leaves of Grass. The volume also includes a tribute from the renowned poet Galway Kinnell.

Keywords

Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Recommended Citation

Repository citation: Pannapacker, William A., "Leaves of Grass (1855) and the Cities of Whitman’s Memory" (2008). Faculty Publications. Paper 823.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_publications/823

Published in: Leaves of grass: the sesquicentennial essays / edited and with an introduction by Susan Belasco, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price., January 1, 2008, pages 199-223. Copyright © 2008 University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.