Civil War Poetry and Prose

by Walt Whitman

2020-07-17 11:31:19

Walt Whitman experienced the agonies of the Civil War firsthand, working, in his forties, as a dedicated volunteer throughout the conflict in Washington's overcrowded, understaffed military hospitals. This superb selection of his poems, letters, and ... Read more

Walt Whitman experienced the agonies of the Civil War firsthand, working, in his forties, as a dedicated volunteer throughout the conflict in Washington's overcrowded, understaffed military hospitals. This superb selection of his poems, letters, and prose from the war years, filled with the sights and sounds of war and its ugly aftermath, express a vast and powerful range of emotions.
Among the poems include here, first published in Drum-Taps (1865) and Sequel to Drum-Taps (1866), are a number of Whitman's most famous works: "O Captain My Captain " "The Wound-Dresser," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," and "Come Up from the Fields, Father." The letters and prose selections, including Whitman's musings on the publication of his works, on the wounded men he tended, and his impressions of Lincoln traveling about the city of Washington, offer keen insights into an extraordinary era in American history.

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Book Details

File size8.3x5.21x0.24inches
Print pages96
PublisherDover Publications
Publication date October 1, 1995
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780486285078
Walter Whitman (Born in West Hills, Huntington, Long Island, New York, The United States May 31, 1819, Died: March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of ...

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