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Article: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. (Reviews).(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. Michael Moon, editor. W.W. Norton. [pounds sterling]11.95 p.b. 919 pages. ISBN 0-393-97496-0. This edition of Whitman's most famous works is a revision of that last published in 1973 and edited by Sculley Bradley and Harold W. Blodgett. (Indeed, this edition retains their 1973 Introduction.) This new version has all the hallmarks of this highly regarded series: profuse notation, a wide selection of criticisms made over the years since first publication and definitive texts (that of Leaves of Grass is based on the last, 1891-2, version issued in Whitman's lifetime). Whilst the texts remain as in 1973, Prof. Moon has ...