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Specimen days and Collect, Walt Whitman ; introduction by Leslie Jamison

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"Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time. One of the most creative and individual poets America has produced, Walt Whitman was also a prolific diarist, note-taker, and essayist whose intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of nineteenth-century American life. Specimen Days and Collect, first published in 1882, is a choice collection of Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the era of the Civil War and its aftermath. On page after page, a vast panorama of American life unfolds, and with it rare glimpse of Whitman as poet, empathetic observer, and romantic wanderer. From his years as a wartime nurse in Washington, D.C., come touching glimpses of the dead and dying in military hospitals, memories of Abraham Lincoln, and vivid impressions of the nation's capital in a time of great crisis. Whitman's travel yields memorable recollections of Boston, the Hudson Valley, a walk through Central Park, Niagara Falls, the City of Denver, and more. Along with the famed essay "Democratic Vistas, " there are scenes from the poet's childhood, touching tributes to songbirds, wildflowers, friendship and freedom; impressions of the music of Beethoven, reflections on a last visit to Emerson, the deaths of Lincoln and Longfellow and the painful process of aging. Deeply felt and vividly expressed, Specimen Days and Collect is a richly rewarding experience, a rare excursion into the mind and heard of one of America's greatest poets--and the America his poetry so richly commemorated"--
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eng
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xxi, 454 pages
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Previously published: Philadelphia : Rees Welsh & Co., 1882-'83 [i.e. 1882]
Contents
  • Specimen Days
  • Collect
  • Notes Left Over
  • Appendix. Pieces in Early Youth: 1834-'42
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9781612193861
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Specimen days and Collect
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Specimen days and Collect
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Walt Whitman ; introduction by Leslie Jamison
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eng
Summary
"Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time. One of the most creative and individual poets America has produced, Walt Whitman was also a prolific diarist, note-taker, and essayist whose intimate observations and reflections have profoundly deepened understanding of nineteenth-century American life. Specimen Days and Collect, first published in 1882, is a choice collection of Whitman's uniquely revealing impressions of the people, places, and events of his time, principally the era of the Civil War and its aftermath. On page after page, a vast panorama of American life unfolds, and with it rare glimpse of Whitman as poet, empathetic observer, and romantic wanderer. From his years as a wartime nurse in Washington, D.C., come touching glimpses of the dead and dying in military hospitals, memories of Abraham Lincoln, and vivid impressions of the nation's capital in a time of great crisis. Whitman's travel yields memorable recollections of Boston, the Hudson Valley, a walk through Central Park, Niagara Falls, the City of Denver, and more. Along with the famed essay "Democratic Vistas, " there are scenes from the poet's childhood, touching tributes to songbirds, wildflowers, friendship and freedom; impressions of the music of Beethoven, reflections on a last visit to Emerson, the deaths of Lincoln and Longfellow and the painful process of aging. Deeply felt and vividly expressed, Specimen Days and Collect is a richly rewarding experience, a rare excursion into the mind and heard of one of America's greatest poets--and the America his poetry so richly commemorated"--
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1819-1892
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Whitman, Walt
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818.3
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non fiction
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  • 1983-
  • 1819-1892
  • 1819-1892
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  • Jamison, Leslie
  • Whitman, Walt
  • Whitman, Walt
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  • Whitman, Walt
  • Poets, American
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States
  • Whitman, Walt
  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • Civilization
  • Hospitals
  • Poets, American
  • United States
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Specimen days and Collect, Walt Whitman ; introduction by Leslie Jamison
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Previously published: Philadelphia : Rees Welsh & Co., 1882-'83 [i.e. 1882]
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Contents
Specimen Days -- Collect -- Notes Left Over -- Appendix. Pieces in Early Youth: 1834-'42
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ocn887187568
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xxi, 454 pages
Isbn
9781612193861
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2014031520
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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Specimen days and Collect, Walt Whitman ; introduction by Leslie Jamison
Publication
Copyright
Note
Previously published: Philadelphia : Rees Welsh & Co., 1882-'83 [i.e. 1882]
Carrier category
volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Specimen Days -- Collect -- Notes Left Over -- Appendix. Pieces in Early Youth: 1834-'42
Control code
ocn887187568
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xxi, 454 pages
Isbn
9781612193861
Lccn
2014031520
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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