Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892 (Stonewa. Whitman, Schmidgall<|

Walt Whitman\nSelected Poems 1855-1892\nAuthor: Walt Whitman; Edited by Gary Schmidgall\n\nFirst Edition hardcover first impression \n\nA century after his death, Whitman is still celebrated as America's greatest poet. In this startling new edition of his work, Whitman biographer Gary Schmidgall presents over two hundred poems in their original pristine form, in the chronological order in which they were written, with Whitman's original line breaks and punctuation. Included in this volume are facsimilies of Whitman's original manuscripts, contemporary-- and generally blistering-- reviews of Whitman's poetry (not surprisingly Henry James hated it), and early pre-Leaves of Grass poems that return us to the physical Whitman, rejoicing-- sometimes graphically-- in homoerotic love.\n\nVery good overall condition but marks to dust over on spine and some shelf wear - see pictures \n\nUnlike the many other available editions, all drawn from the final authorized or \""deathbed\"" Leaves of Gras.