The Essential Whitman (Essential Poets)

Walt Whitman

ISBN 10: 0880011378 / ISBN 13: 9780880011372

Published by Ecco, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Essential Whitman (Essential Poets)

Publisher: Ecco

Publication Date: 1987

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis:

Briefly discusses the history of Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and gathers a selection of poems about identity, childhood, growth, war, grief, and the wonder of life

About the Author:

Walt Whitman was born on Long Island, New York in 1819. He spent most of his early life in Brooklyn where he served as editor for a number of newspapers for brief periods. His first major work, Leaves of Grass, was published in 1855 and was subsequently published in nine enlarged editions throughout his lifetime. In 1862 in the midst of the Civil War, Whitman set out for the battlefield to find his wounded brother and continued to volunteer in hospitals throughout the length of the war. He died in 1892.