The Correspondence

ISBN: 9780814794258

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In discussing letter-writing, Whitman made his own views clear. Simplicity and naturalness were his guidelines. "I like my letters to be personal - very personal - and then stop." This collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman the man as no other documents can. Volumes IV and V cover the last seven years of Whitman's life, giving an almost day-by-day account of his long struggle with various ailments, his stoical acceptance of constant pain, but also his continuing energy.