Selected Letters of Walt Whitman

by Edwin Haviland Miller (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587291517
Publisher:	University of Iowa Press
Publication date:	04/01/1990
Series:	Iowa Whitman Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	340
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

 Edwin Haviland Miller is professor of English emeritus at New York University and editor of the six-volume Correspondence of Walt Whitman. Author of Salem Is My Dwelling Place: A Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Iowa), he has also written a biography of Herman Melville and books and articles about other nineteenth-century American authors.

Table of 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

Editorial Reviews

Mallarme (1842-98) had an immense influence of the development of European poetry. The first volume of Mallarme's letters in English, this selection follows the poet from childhood to his premature death. His later correspondence with figures such as Verlaine, Zola, Valery, Whistler, Redon, Manet, and Munch form a striking commentary on fin de siecle culture. A selection from Miller's six-volume edition of Whitman letters. Cloth edition (unseen), $39.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"[Whitman's] letters are both revealing and evocative, a generous offering of a whole array of selves shaped by his circumstances and by his tactful sense of audience."—Kirkus Reviews

"In carefully choosing 250 from the thousands of letters Whitman wrote, Miller has fashioned a revealing and fascinating autobiography of America's great poet."—Choice

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