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- catalog abstract ""Of the Civil War's many stories of heroism, few are so unlikely, or so moving, as that of Walt Whitman. For nearly three years, Whitman tended to legions of sick and wounded soldiers, immersing himself in the devastation of the war and recording his experience with an immediacy and compassion unequaled in wartime literature anywhere in the world." "In The Better Angel, acclaimed biographer Roy Morris, Jr. gives us the fullest account yet published of Whitman's Civil War years, which transformed him both as a poet and as a person. As the war began, Whitman was mired in depression, subsisting on journalistic hackwork and wasting his nights in New York's seedy bohemian underground. But when the news came that his brother George had been wounded at Fredricksburg, Whitman rushed south to find him. Though his brother's injury was slight, the poet was deeply affected by his first view of the war's casualties. He began visiting the camp's wounded and, almost by accident, found his calling for the duration of the war." "The wounded, he wrote, 'opened a new world for me ... bursting the petty bonds of art.' He visited them daily, bringing gifts of ice cream, tobacco, or books; wrote letters for them; and offered to all the healing influence of his sympathy and affection. Indeed, several soldiers later said that Whitman had saved their lives. But if Whitman gave much to the soldiers, they in turn gave much to him. In witnessing their stoic suffering, in listening to their understated speech, and in being always in the presence of death, Whitman evolved the new and more direct poetic style that culminated in his masterpiece, 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.'"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11682093.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 War work.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Of the Civil War's many stories of heroism, few are so unlikely, or so moving, as that of Walt Whitman. For nearly three years, Whitman tended to legions of sick and wounded soldiers, immersing himself in the devastation of the war and recording his experience with an immediacy and compassion unequaled in wartime literature anywhere in the world." "In The Better Angel, acclaimed biographer Roy Morris, Jr. gives us the fullest account yet published of Whitman's Civil War years, which transformed him both as a poet and as a person. As the war began, Whitman was mired in depression, subsisting on journalistic hackwork and wasting his nights in New York's seedy bohemian underground. But when the news came that his brother George had been wounded at Fredricksburg, Whitman rushed south to find him. Though his brother's injury was slight, the poet was deeply affected by his first view of the war's casualties. He began visiting the camp's wounded and, almost by accident, found his calling for the duration of the war." "The wounded, he wrote, 'opened a new world for me ... bursting the petty bonds of art.' He visited them daily, bringing gifts of ice cream, tobacco, or books; wrote letters for them; and offered to all the healing influence of his sympathy and affection. Indeed, several soldiers later said that Whitman had saved their lives. But if Whitman gave much to the soldiers, they in turn gave much to him. In witnessing their stoic suffering, in listening to their understated speech, and in being always in the presence of death, Whitman evolved the new and more direct poetic style that culminated in his masterpiece, 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd.'"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.".
- catalog description "The Medicine of Daily Affection -- New York Stagnation -- A Sight in Camp -- The Great Army of the Sick -- The Real Precious & Royal Ones of This Land -- The Melancholy Tide -- Retrievements Out of the Night -- Lose Not My Sons.".
- catalog extent "ix, 270 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195124820".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 War work.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2001 F-199".
- catalog subject "811/.3 B 21".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3232 .M67 2000".
- catalog subject "Poetry as Topic United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Poets, American 19th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "WZ 330 W6147M 2000".
- catalog subject "War United States.".
- catalog subject "Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 Views on war.".
- catalog subject "Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Medicine of Daily Affection -- New York Stagnation -- A Sight in Camp -- The Great Army of the Sick -- The Real Precious & Royal Ones of This Land -- The Melancholy Tide -- Retrievements Out of the Night -- Lose Not My Sons.".
- catalog title "The better angel : Walt Whitman in the Civil War / Roy Morris, Jr.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".