[WILLIAMS, William Carlos]

Leaves of grass one hundred years later. New essays by William Carlos Williams, Richard Chase, Leslie A. Fiedler, Kenneth Burke, David Daiches, and J. Middleton Murry.

Stanford; London: Stanford University Press; Oxford University Press, 1955. 8vo. [vi], 149 pp., FIRST EDITION. including index. A fine copy in the original dust-jacket, with an ownership inscription and a small bookseller’s label to fly-leaf. Item #11587

First edition. Written on the occasion of the centenary of Whitman’s Leaves of grass, this is a collection of seven essays by different writers about Whitman’s life, work, and literary influence. Contributors include Williams, Milton Hindus, Richard Chase, Leslie A. Fiedler, Kenneth Burke, David Daiches and J. Middleton Murry. Wallace, B66.

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