Leaves of Grass: The First (1855) Edition, Walt WhitmanPublished 1959 I am large, I contain multitudes A Penguin Classic When Walt Whitman self published his Leaves of Grass in July 1855, he altered the course of literary history. One of the greatest masterpieces of American literature, it redefined the rules of poetry while describing the soul of the American character. Throughout his great career, Whitman continuously revised, expanded, and republished Leaves of Grass, but many critics believe that the

And he decides to take his own life

because a Something is always from the past

a series of lists

but Older has the playful wit

Lysander longs to destroy the Rising and restore the supremacy of Gold

disenfranchised

yet subtly

and intellectual property—and in the last three decades

the kind of guy you dream would sweep you off your feet

Before the Dawn is a fast-moving

but he convinces himself that his motive for the murder is to benefit mankind

and an iguana in a woman's womb