Length18h 11m
About this audiobook
First published in 1855 as a slim volume of twelve untitled poems, Leaves of grass was unlike anything readers had ever seen—poetry written in free verse that broke every rule, celebrating the beauty of the human body, the spirit of democracy, and the connection between the self and the universe.
Whitman spent nearly four decades revising and expanding this collection, from the Civil War elegies that mourned Abraham Lincoln to the boldly intimate "Calamus" poems . Controversial in its time, dismissed as obscene, and even getting Whitman fired from his government job, Leaves of Grass endured to become one of the most influential books in world poetry.
This is not poetry for the faint of heart. It is expansive, sensual, spiritual, and unapologetically democratic—an invitation to hear what Emerson called "the beginning of a great career" and discover the voice of America itself.
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GenrePoetry, General Fiction, Literary Classics
Length18 hrs 11 mins
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LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS
19BOOK XIX. SEA-DRIFT
2BOOK II
20BOOK XX. BY THE ROADSIDE
3BOOK III
21BOOK XXI. DRUM-TAPS
4BOOK IV. CHILDREN OF ADAM
22BOOK XXII. MEMORIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN
5BOOK V. CALAMUS
23BOOK XXIII
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6BOOK VI
24BOOK XXIV. AUTUMN RIVULETS
7BOOK VII
25BOOK XXV
8BOOK VIII
26BOOK XXVI
9BOOK IX
27BOOK XXVII
10BOOK X
28BOOK XXVIII
11BOOK XI
29BOOK XXIX
12BOOK XII
30BOOK XXX. WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH
13BOOK XIII
31BOOK XXXI
14BOOK XIV
32BOOK XXXII. FROM NOON TO STARRY NIGHT
15BOOK XV
33BOOK XXXIII. SONGS OF PARTING
16BOOK XVI
34BOOK XXXIV. SANDS AT SEVENTY
17BOOK XVII. BIRDS OF PASSAGE
35BOOK XXXV. GOOD-BYE MY FANCY
18BOOK XVIII
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