Selected letters of Walt Whitman / edited by Edwin Haviland Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Contributor:

Miller, Edwin Haviland.

Series:

Iowa Whitman Series

Standardized Title:

Correspondence. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, American--19th century--Correspondence.

Poets, American.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Correspondence.

Whitman, Walt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There has never been an edition of the selected letters of Walt Whitman, a remarkable fact considering how accustomed we are to becoming acquainted with major writers through their letters. Now Edwin Haviland Miller, editor of the six-volume collected writings of Whitman, has used his intimate knowledge of the ""good gray poet's"" correspondence to produce this revealing selection of 250 letters, introduced and annotated concisely and evocatively. Whitman in these letters is simple, direct, colloquial, adding a counterpoint to his artistic voice and persona as a poet.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1840

1841; 1842

1860; 1861

1865; 1866

1873; 1873

1881; 1881

1889; 1890

1892; Notes; Index of Whitman's Correspondents

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781587291517

1587291517

OCLC:

44964044