Instead, Walt Whitman and the Civil War reveals the poet's active participation in the early Civil War period and elucidates his shock at the horrors of war months before his legendary journey to Fredericksburg, correcting in part the poet ...

“Reading this book, what becomes eminently clear is that Selznick is laying the groundwork for GLBTQIA+ literary history . . . as it pertains to Whitman.” —School Library Journal As he was turning forty, Walt Whitman wrote twelve ...

Walt Whitman spent much of his time with wounded soldiers, both in the field and in the hospitals. The forty notebooks he filled became the basis for this extraordinary diary of a medic in the Civil War.

One of the first full-scale treatments of celebrity in nineteenth-century America, this book examines Walt Whitman's lifelong interest in fame and publicity.

Here is Whitman the sage, champion of expansiveness and human freedom.

One of the Greatest Poems in American Literature Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was considered by many to be one of the most important American poets of all time.

Carry Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wisdom with you in this inspirational guide that features 60 of his most insightful quotes.

Frank Shay. Leaves of Grass . [ Nine - line poem in author's holograph , signed Walt Whitman . ] Authors Edition . With Portraits and Intercalla- tions . Camden , New Jersey , 1876 . Octavo , half calf , leather label , uncut . The same ...

... WHITMAN ( Walt ) . After All , Not to Create Only . First edi- tion . Bost ... in author's auto- graph ) , Gable , G. , Mar. 10 , '24 . ( 1118 ) $ 10.00 ... in author's autograph ) , A. , Mar. 3 , '24 . ( 380 ) $ 10.00 . Franklin ...

... in author - publisher relations in America , a theme repeated through the night : " The interests of writers , publishers and sellers of books are daily growing in magnitude and importance , and these interests are and should be mutual ...