{"product_id":"leaves-of-grass-two-volume-deluxe-collectable-edition-featuring-300-pages-of-writing-notes-and-ephemera-9781952119552","title":"Leaves of Grass: Two Volume Deluxe Collectable Edition Featuring 300 Pages of Writing, Notes, and Ephemera","description":"Several years in the making, McSweeney's presents a gorgeous cloth-bound, hardcover, two-book edition of \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, stuffed to the brim with a dazzling array of ephemera designed to deeply enhance readers' appreciation of Whitman's original masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the original, full-length work (presented precisely as Whitman desired), readers will find a second volume filled with his notebook and manuscript pages--generously made available to us and to all by the Walt Whitman Archive--totaling 344 pages of handwriting, cross outs, substitutions, and notes to both himself and his publishers. These materials provide crucial insight into how this magnificent work was created and was considered and reconsidered over the years by its author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe complete and unabridged 1891-2 deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHundreds of pages of scanned handwritten drafts, manuscripts, notes, and more, made by Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEarly drafts of Song of Myself, A Prairie Sunset, I Am the Poet of Sin, and more\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandwritten edits and instructions to printers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorrespondence between Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePencil sketches, cover designs, and drawings by Whitman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eA host of previously unpublished and abandoned poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd much more\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalt Whitman\u003c\/strong\u003e was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52000292372754,"sku":"9781952119552","price":66.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_890d2655-7243-4132-8726-7fd7a5d1414a.jpg?v=1773151273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/leaves-of-grass-two-volume-deluxe-collectable-edition-featuring-300-pages-of-writing-notes-and-ephemera-9781952119552","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}