{"product_id":"the-correspondence-volume-i-1842-1867-paperback-softback-9780814794210","title":"The Correspondence: Volume I; 1842-1867 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780814794210","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Correspondence: Volume I\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1842-1867\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWalt Whitman (Author), Edwin Haviland Miller (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814794210\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.748 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Series Editors: Gay Wilson Allen and Sculley Bradley\u003cbr\u003e Originally published between 1961 and 1984, and now available in paperback for the first time, the critically acclaimed \u003cb\u003eCollected Writings of Walt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e captures every facet of one of America's most important poets.\u003cbr\u003e In discussing letter-writing, Whitman made his own views clear. Simplicity and naturalness were his guidelines. \"I like my letters to be personal—very personal—and then stop.\" The six volumes in \u003cb\u003eThe Correspondence\u003c\/b\u003e comprise nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century, revealing Whitman the person as no other documents can.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eVolume I\u003c\/b\u003e includes the poet's correspondence from Washington, DC, during the Civil War, where he nursed wounded and dying soldiers. In letters to his mother, Whitman describes the suffering and sorrow he encountered in unsanitary hospitals. He wrote to the parents of soldiers and offered hope\u0026amp;#8212or consolation at the loss of an unsung hero. Soldiers who recovered and left the hospitals often wrote to Whitman, and he replied with friendly advice and paternal solicitude. As Whitman himself admitted, rarely was his heart so engaged as in these hospital scenes and war letters, which, like his greatest poems, reflect his characteristic themes—love and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52569991217432,"sku":"9780814794210","price":28.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-correspondence-volume-i-1842-1867-paperback-softback-9780814794210","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}