{"product_id":"the-correspondence-volume-iii-1876-1885-9780814794234","title":"The Correspondence: Volume III: 1876-1885","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Walt Whitman | Edwin Haviland Miller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Series Editors: Gay Wilson Allen and Sculley Bradley\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published between 1961 and 1984, and now available in paperback for the first time, the critically acclaimed \u003cb\u003eCollected Writings of Walt Whitman\u003c\/b\u003e captures every facet of one of America's most important poets.\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\" The six volumes in \u003cb\u003eThe Correspondence\u003c\/b\u003e comprise nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century, revealing Whitman the person as no other documents can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume III\u003c\/b\u003e covers the years in which Whitman radiated a personal and artistic magnetism, despite the paralysis that struck him in 1873. This period was full of important events, including the attempted censoring of \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, Whitman's renewed friendship with William D. O'Connor, and the arrival in America of Whitman's unrequited lover, Anne Gilchrist. During this period, Whitman also met Harry Stafford, the eighteen-year-old son of a New Jersey farming family. Despite his international fame, Whitman preferred to spend much of his time with the Staffords, particularly Harry, with whom he had a close but uncertain bond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46890678943895,"sku":"9780814794234","price":4393.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780814794234.webp?v=1770270306","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-correspondence-volume-iii-1876-1885-9780814794234","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}