The Wound Dresser: Letters Writing to His Mother from the Hospitals in Washington During the Civil War by Whitman, Walt; Bucke, Richard M. (editor) - 1949

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Independently published, 2018. Paperback. New. 101 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.26 inches.

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MP3 Audio CD. Walt Whitman was one of the greatest and most controversial poets of the 19th century, many of his countless works incorporating his views on transcendentalism and humanism remaining as a testament to his skills and talent, being recognized even today.A highly influential poet, Whitman was often called the ?father of free verse? due to his dedication to this form of poetry, despite the fact that it hadn't been widely in use during his time. The Wound Dresser is a good example of one of his more successful free verse poems, and also offers significant insight into the famous journalist and author's role when it came to the transition he was a leading contributor for, from transcendentalism to realism.The poem itself speaks about Whitman's own first hand experience and lyrical expressions on nursing the sick and dying. While it contains no significant graphical imagery, nor does it make use of strong words that would normally accompany the description of such conditions,he manages to… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Wound Dresser THE GREAT ARMY OF THE WOUNDED The military hospitals, convalescent camps, etc., in Washington and its neighborhood, sometimes contain over fifty thousand sick and wounded men. Every form of wound (the mere sight of some of them having been known to make a tolerably hardy visitor faint away), every kind of malady, like a long procession, with typhoid fever and diarrhoea at the head as leaders, are here in steady motion. The soldier's hospital! how many sleepless nights, how many women's tears, how many long and waking hours and days of suspense, from every one of the Middle, Eastern, and Western States, have concentrated here! Our own New York, in the form of hundreds and thousands of her young men, may consider herself here--Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and all the West and Northwest the same--and all the New England States the same. Upon a few of these hospitals I have been almost daily calling as a missionary, on my own account, for the sustenance and consolation… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. The Wound Dresser THE GREAT ARMY OF THE WOUNDED The military hospitals, convalescent camps, etc., in Washington and its neighborhood, sometimes contain over fifty thousand sick and wounded men. Every form of wound (the mere sight of some of them having been known to make a tolerably hardy visitor faint away), every kind of malady, like a long procession, with typhoid fever and diarrhoea at the head as leaders, are here in steady motion. The soldier's hospital! how many sleepless nights, how many women's tears, how many long and waking hours and days of suspense, from every one of the Middle, Eastern, and Western States, have concentrated here! Our own New York, in the form of hundreds and thousands of her young men, may consider herself here--Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and all the West and Northwest the same--and all the New England States the same. Upon a few of these hospitals I have been almost daily calling as a missionary, on my own account, for the sustenance and consolation… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Walt Whitman was one of the greatest and most controversial poets of the 19th century, many of his countless works incorporating his views on transcendentalism and humanism remaining as a testament to his skills and talent, being recognized even today.A highly influential poet, Whitman was often called the ?father of free verse? due to his dedication to this form of poetry, despite the fact that it hadn't been widely in use during his time. The Wound Dresser is a good example of one of his more successful free verse poems, and also offers significant insight into the famous journalist and author's role when it came to the transition he was a leading contributor for, from transcendentalism to realism.The poem itself speaks about Whitman's own first hand experience and lyrical expressions on nursing the sick and dying. While it contains no significant graphical imagery, nor does it make use of strong words that would normally accompany the description of such conditions,he manages to… Read More

Independently published. Paperback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Independently published, 2018. Paperback. New. 118 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.30 inches.