In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work that defined him as one of America’s most influential voices and that he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipat
An anthology of American literature, this volume covers Christopher Columbus through to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. It emphasizes the contributions to the American literary canon made by women and ethnic minorities and there is an expanded presentat
