First published in 1855, Leaves of Grass was revised
by Whitman for the publication of a total of six editions. By "editions" This level of the hypertext
will generally discuss the four "new" editons--1860, 1867, 1871, and
1881--in which the "Calamus" cluster appeared. Some emphaisis, however, will be given to the 1876 "centennial" edition in which the poet reconfigured several of the "Calamus" poems as a symbol of national unity through "adhesiveness." Links to Joel
Myerson's descriptive bibliographies of these books, complete with
digital images of textual elements such as bindings, frontispieces,
and title pages, are being connected to this page as images become available from UVA Special Collections.
