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Civil War Poetry and Prose (Dover Thrift Editions) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.3
EAN: 9780486285078
ISBN: 0486285073
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 96
Publication Date: 1995-10-04
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.3
EAN: 9780486285078
ISBN: 0486285073
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 96
Publication Date: 1995-10-04
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Editorial Review of Civil War Poetry and Prose (Dover Thrift Editions)
A superb selection of poems, letters and prose from the war years. "O Captain! My Captain!," "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," "Adieu to a Soldier," many other letters and prose works.
Customer Reviews of Civil War Poetry and Prose (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Review Summary: Even in the midst of great brutality, there can be kindness, compassion and the writing of great poetry
Review: Walt Whitman is of course well known as a poet of the middle nineteenth century. His poem "Leaves of Grass" should be required reading for all American high school students. However, one almost unknown fact of his life is that he was a staunch Unionist during the American Civil War and he toured some of the battlefields after the fighting has stopped. He did what he could to comfort and nurse the wounded and the poems in this book describe his experiences. It also contains some letters he wrote to his relatives, in particular his search for his wounded brother George.
Whitman shows great compassion in his writing, even to the wounded soldiers of the Confederacy. He befriends some of them and from his descriptions of his ministrations to the soldiers; it is easy to see how he could be labeled as having homosexual tendencies. However, those passages must be read in the context of the time and place, the men he is with are severely wounded and in some cases dying, so expressions of affection on his part must be interpreted in that context. The only time he expresses hatred towards the Confederate troops is when he encounters the emaciated Union prisoners that were recently freed from Confederate POW camps.
Even in the midst of great brutality, there can be kindness, compassion and the writing of great poetry. As this collection demonstrates, Whitman was simultaneously capable of all three.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Solemn, saddening, but also uplifting
Review: "This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States."
Solemn, saddening, but also uplifting. Unedited; adds to the character of the time.
The first half of the book contains short and long poems. The poems come from his observations during the civil war. He begins with the splendor in the taking up of arms. His heart changes as he follows along with the troops on to the battlefields of death. He frequents the hospitals, and helps tend to the wounded.
The second half of the book contains thoughts on death, the living quarters, Lincoln's murder, atrocities, and the prisons. He spends many hours consoling and conversing with the wounded and writing to their families. The book ends with misc. letters to his mother and acquaintances.
Wish you well
Scott
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: "[. . .] done with tenderness, and done well."
Review: "Civil War Poetry and Prose," by Walt Whitman, is part of the Dover Thrift Editions series. Most of the poems are taken from the 1891-92 edition of Whitman's monumental "Leaves of Grass." The prose selections consist of two parts: journal entries taken from Whitman's "Memoranda During the War," and a selection of Whitman's letters. The book also includes a brief introductory note (pp. iii-iv) that discusses Whitman's experiences tending to hospitalized soldiers during the U.S. Civil War.
Being familiar with Whitman's poetry from other editions, I was especially fascinated by the prose selections in this volume. In these prose passages Whitman writes vividly of his encounters with sick and wounded soldiers. He seemed to have really had a life-changing experience tending to these men; in one letter he declares that these soldiers "open a new world somehow to me, giving closer insights, new things, exploring deeper mines." Whitman includes some graphic accounts of the wounds and suffering endured by the troops, and very moving descriptions of his comradeship with them. He also discusses other subjects, such as wartime atrocities, female wartime nurses, his love of the opera, and his own writing. Whitman also shares his impressions of and admiration for President Lincoln.
The poetry complements these powerful prose selections well. Overall, this collection demonstrates Whitman's compassion, his sweeping vision, and his descriptive skill. In one of the selections Whitman declares of a medical operation, "I thought the whole thing was done with tenderness, and done well"; I will say the same of the writings in this fine book.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: I think he is a genious!
Review: I think that Walt Whitman was a genious at what he did. He is one of my most favorite poets/writers/essayists. Besides a few others such as Poe. But I truely believe that he was on the right path in life, doesn't he show it in his work?
Review Summary: Even in the midst of great brutality, there can be kindness, compassion and the writing of great poetry
Review: Walt Whitman is of course well known as a poet of the middle nineteenth century. His poem "Leaves of Grass" should be required reading for all American high school students. However, one almost unknown fact of his life is that he was a staunch Unionist during the American Civil War and he toured some of the battlefields after the fighting has stopped. He did what he could to comfort and nurse the wounded and the poems in this book describe his experiences. It also contains some letters he wrote to his relatives, in particular his search for his wounded brother George.
Whitman shows great compassion in his writing, even to the wounded soldiers of the Confederacy. He befriends some of them and from his descriptions of his ministrations to the soldiers; it is easy to see how he could be labeled as having homosexual tendencies. However, those passages must be read in the context of the time and place, the men he is with are severely wounded and in some cases dying, so expressions of affection on his part must be interpreted in that context. The only time he expresses hatred towards the Confederate troops is when he encounters the emaciated Union prisoners that were recently freed from Confederate POW camps.
Even in the midst of great brutality, there can be kindness, compassion and the writing of great poetry. As this collection demonstrates, Whitman was simultaneously capable of all three.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Solemn, saddening, but also uplifting
Review: "This dust was once the man,
Gentle, plain, just and resolute, under whose cautious hand,
Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age,
Was saved the Union of these States."
Solemn, saddening, but also uplifting. Unedited; adds to the character of the time.
The first half of the book contains short and long poems. The poems come from his observations during the civil war. He begins with the splendor in the taking up of arms. His heart changes as he follows along with the troops on to the battlefields of death. He frequents the hospitals, and helps tend to the wounded.
The second half of the book contains thoughts on death, the living quarters, Lincoln's murder, atrocities, and the prisons. He spends many hours consoling and conversing with the wounded and writing to their families. The book ends with misc. letters to his mother and acquaintances.
Wish you well
Scott
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: "[. . .] done with tenderness, and done well."
Review: "Civil War Poetry and Prose," by Walt Whitman, is part of the Dover Thrift Editions series. Most of the poems are taken from the 1891-92 edition of Whitman's monumental "Leaves of Grass." The prose selections consist of two parts: journal entries taken from Whitman's "Memoranda During the War," and a selection of Whitman's letters. The book also includes a brief introductory note (pp. iii-iv) that discusses Whitman's experiences tending to hospitalized soldiers during the U.S. Civil War.
Being familiar with Whitman's poetry from other editions, I was especially fascinated by the prose selections in this volume. In these prose passages Whitman writes vividly of his encounters with sick and wounded soldiers. He seemed to have really had a life-changing experience tending to these men; in one letter he declares that these soldiers "open a new world somehow to me, giving closer insights, new things, exploring deeper mines." Whitman includes some graphic accounts of the wounds and suffering endured by the troops, and very moving descriptions of his comradeship with them. He also discusses other subjects, such as wartime atrocities, female wartime nurses, his love of the opera, and his own writing. Whitman also shares his impressions of and admiration for President Lincoln.
The poetry complements these powerful prose selections well. Overall, this collection demonstrates Whitman's compassion, his sweeping vision, and his descriptive skill. In one of the selections Whitman declares of a medical operation, "I thought the whole thing was done with tenderness, and done well"; I will say the same of the writings in this fine book.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: I think he is a genious!
Review: I think that Walt Whitman was a genious at what he did. He is one of my most favorite poets/writers/essayists. Besides a few others such as Poe. But I truely believe that he was on the right path in life, doesn't he show it in his work?