Complete Prose Works: Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Good Bye My Fancy (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Walt Whitman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0332166473 ISBN 13: 9780332166476

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A rich, firsthand look at Walt Whitman’s prose, spanning diary notes, war recollections, travel sketches, and critical reflections.

This volume assembles Specimen Days, November Boughs, and Good-Bye My Fancy, offering a candid window into the author’s thoughts, voices, and formative moments as America grew.

The collection moves through quiet personal moments, public memory, and social observation. It blends intimate journal entries with broader essays on life, culture, and the American landscape, revealing Whitman’s evolving sense of nation, memory, and art. Readers will encounter reflections on the Civil War, notes on places and people, and the enduring quest to capture a vast, living America in prose.

• diaristic meditations and battlefield recollections from the Civil War era
• essays and sketches on cities, landscapes, and national character
• personal introspection about life, aging, and the craft of writing
• contextual notes that illuminate Whitman’s worldview and creative aims

Ideal for readers of Whitman’s poetry and prose, curious about American history and literary culture, or anyone seeking a direct line to the man behind the verse.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0332166473
• ISBN 13: 9780332166476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 555