The Reading Room

Leaves of Grass, a Reading Room essay

On Leaves of Grass

Michael Fowler

Walt Whitman set out to write the poetry of American democracy, and in Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855 and expanded and revised throughout his life, he came closer...

On Leaves of Grass

Michael Fowler

Walt Whitman set out to write the poetry of American democracy, and in Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855 and expanded and revised throughout his life, he came closer...