This monumental anthology charts the ongoing American and international response to the legacy of the seminal poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous 1855 letter ("I greet you at the beginning of a...
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
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Presents the author's memoranda of the Civil War, written on the spot. It is a moving portrait of men at the limits of their endurance, of the ravages of war, and the cruel waste of lives.
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Walt Whitman experienced first-hand the ravages of the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals of Washington DC. During that time, he filled notebooks with "impromptu jottings" that became the basis of two works: Drum-Taps, a...