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Leaves of Grass (1855)
A Strange Blade. 1
AN American Rough, whose name is WALT WHITMAN, and who calls himself a "Kosmos," has been publishing a mad book under the title of Leaves of Grass. We can only say that these Leaves of Grass are fully worthy to be put on a level with that heap of rubbish called Fern Leaves, by FANNY FERN, and similarly "green stuff." The fields of American literature want weeding dreadfully.
Publication Information
[Anonymous]. "A Strange Blade." Punch Magazine (26 April 1856): 169.
Notes
1.
This review later appeared in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. See: [Anonymous]. "[A Strange Blade]." National Anti-Slavery Standard (21 June 1856): 4. (Back)
Whitman Archive ID
anc.00338