{"product_id":"2940170543779","title":"Leaves of Grass","description":"Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as \"disgraceful.\" And Ralph Waldo Emerson found \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e \"the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed,\" calling it a \"combination of the \u003ci\u003eBhagavad Gita\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e.\" Published at the author's own expense on July 4, 1855, \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e initially consisted of a preface, twelve untitled poems in free verse (including the work later titled \"Song of Myself,\" which Malcolm Cowley called \"one of the great poems of modern times\"), and a now-famous portrait of a devil-may-care Walt Whitman in a workman's shirt. Over the next four decades, Whitman continually expanded and revised the book as he took on the role of a workingman's bard who championed American nationalism, political democracy, contemporary progress, and unashamed sex. This volume, which contains 383 poems, is the final \"Deathbed Edition,\" which was published in 1892.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099971895536,"sku":"2940170543779","price":22.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170543779_p0.jpg?v=1763711860","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170543779","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}