When Walt Whitman Reviewed His Own Book
Literary society was not quite ready for Walt Whitman when his transformative loudness , Leaves of Grass , come out in 1855 . Whitman revised and expand the poetry collection throughout his life and it ’s now view an essential part of the American literary canyon . But when the collection was put out , the contemporary review weremore than doubting . One 1856 reappraisal intimate that Whitman be sent to an mad asylum , and stated that its author would “ not assist in extending the sale of this intensely vulgar , nay , absolutelybeastlybook , by telling our reader where it may be purchase ” [ PDF ] ....