![]() Printed in the shop of the brothers James and Thomas Rome of Brooklyn, the quarto-size volume was designed and published by Whitma The first Leaves of Grass was put on sale in two stores, one in New York and another in Brooklyn, on 6 July 1855. ![]() Grew through its five subsequent versions in eight editions into a heftyīook of 389 poems, it gained much in variety and complexity, but Whitman’sĭistinctive voice was never stronger, his vision never clearer, and hisĭesign never firmer than in the twelve poems of the first edition. Himself, has since remained at the heart of America’s cultural memoryīecause in the world of his imagination Americans have learned to recognizeĪnd possibly understand their own. ![]() Volume introduced the poet who, celebrating the nation by celebrating To American literary history is impossible to exaggerate. ![]() The importance of the first edition of Leaves of Grass ![]()
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