Selected Letters of Walt Whitman (1990) (659p) [Inua].epub

Title: Selected Letters of Walt Whitman
Author: Walt Witman
Editor: Edwin Haviland Miller
Paperback: 344 pages
Publisher: University of Iowa Press (April 1, 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0877452679
ISBN-13: 978-0877452676

Summary:
Letters from each period of his life document Whitman's relationships with his family, friends, and fellow writers.

Description:
Forget all the biographies. Here, you get the poet, the man, the real Walt Whitman. This book is entertaining without being slight and educational without being boring. The detailed endnotes add an extra dimension of understanding. From backstage literary details to day to day doings, it's all here. Walt was a prolific and skilful letter-writer, in addition to being a great poet. If you want to experience Whitman, read "Leaves of Grass"...and this book.