The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman: The Correspondence

In 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. This collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman the man as no other documents can. Volume VI offers updates, corrections, and an index to the preceding volumes in the set. Each volume contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters.