Walt Whitman

Works by Walt Whitman:

• Leaves of Grass

From Our Blog:

Leaves of Grass is being published today!

One very exciting feature of our edition of Leaves of Grass (the 1902 version, said to be the definitive by W.W.), is that we've managed to number the lines. "I thought you said exciting," you're thinking, scratching your chin. And how! If you are familiar with Walt Whitman, Pioneer of Free Verse, and Father of American Poetry, you are certainly familiar with his often exceptionally long lines. If you are reading on a Kindle DX, you may have no problem figuring out which lines have been enjambed, and which are being wrapped by the device. But let's say you lost your reading glasses, and you've set the font to the maximum size. In our edition, we've paid close attention to denoting wrapped lines with indentation, no matter what size font you are reading. And, for added clarity, the line numbers will help you to keep track of the length of stanzas, whether you need to reference them for a research paper on Walt Whitman's treatment of gender or class, or if you are simply reading for the sheer joy of his musical prose-poems. Exquisite formatting is our gift to you!

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