Prose Works 1892 Volume II Collect and Other Prose [Paperback]

General Series Editors: Gay Wilson Allen and Sculley Bradley
Originally published between 1961 and 1984, and now available in paperback for the first time, the critically acclaimedCollected Writings of Walt Whitmancaptures every facet of one of America's most important poets.
The two-volume set ofProse Works 1892proves that Whitman’s prose has a quality no less original and distinctive than his poetry.
Volume IIofProse Works 1892contains three of Whitman’s prose collections,Collect,November Boughs, andGood-Bye My Fancy. Whitman’s thoughts on a wide variety of topics are laid out in such essays as “Death of Abraham Lincoln,” “Some War Memoranda,” and “American National Literature.” Seven pieces not included in the original 1892 edition of theComplete Prose Worksare also presented here, including “A Backward Glance O’er Travel’d Roads.“ In his preface, Stovall describes why the pieces were not part of Whitman’s printing and lays out his reasons for including them in this volume.