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Preface, Leaves of Grass. The following preface by Walt Whitman was published alongside the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass. AMERICA does not repel the past or what it has produced under its forms or amid other politics or the idea of castes or the old religions . . . . accepts the lesson with calmness . . . is not so impatient as has been ...
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On the 4th of July in 1855, Whitman self-published his first edition of Leaves of Grass, a volume of twelve poems and a preface. In writing, Whitman adapted the form of the epic, constructing it by connecting lyric poems; the long, narrative lines in “Song of Myself” are characteristic of his poetry, as was his belief that the poem and the ...
As a believer in phrenology, Whitman, in the 1855 preface to Leaves of Grass, includes the phrenologist among those he describes as "the lawgivers of poets." Borrowing from the discipline, Whitman uses the phrenological concept of adhesiveness in reference to one's propensity for friendship and camaraderie.
- Walt Whitman, Malcolm Cowley
- Poetry
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- July 4, 1855
To Think Through". "I Wander All Night in My Vision," "The Bodies of Men and Women Engirth". "Sauntering the Pavement or Riding the Country". "A Young Man Came to Me With". "Suddenly Out of Its Stale and Drowsy". "Clear the Way There Jonathan!" "There Was a Child Went Forth Every". "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?"
Whitman began writing poetry that seemed to record everything Emerson called for, and his preface to the 1855 Leaves paraphrases Emerson: “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.” He sent a copy of his unsigned but registered book to Emerson and received in return the letter that launched his career as America's ...
