Hannah Whitman Heyde : The Complete Correspondence /

The correspondence of Hannah Whitman Heyde (1823-1908), younger sister of poet Walt Whitman, provides a rare glimpse into the life of a nineteenth-century woman. Married to well-known Vermont landscape artist Charles Louis Heyde (1820-1892), Hannah documented in letters to her mother, Louisa Van Vel...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitman Heyde [1823-1908], Hannah (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mullins, Maire (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, PA : Bucknell University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Abused wives > United States > Correspondence.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General.
women writers, domestic violence, correspondence, letters, Hannah Whitman Heyde, Walt Whitman's sister, Walt Whitman, biography, memoir, nineteenth-century women, Charles Louis Heyde, emotional abuse, physical abuse.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Whitman Family Genealogy
  • Introduction
  • The Complete Correspondence
  • 1. 1852-1853: Letters 1-3 "I am afraid you will be plagued to read this. . . ."
  • 2. 1855: Letters 4-9 "I have more to regret than any of you. . . ."
  • 3. 1856: Letters 10-19 "I hope I shall not die in a hotel. . . ."
  • 4. 1858-1861: Letters 20-27 "I am afraid I have done wrong in telling you. . . ."
  • 5. 1862-1865: Letters 28-37 "Have you heard from George
  • 6. 1866-1868: Letters 38-42 ". . . this is only a line. . . ."
  • 7. 1872-1873: Letters 43-51 ". . . try to not greive. . . ."
  • 8. 1879-1892: Letters 52-62 ". . . I only wish I could do something for you. . . ."
  • 9. 1905: Letter 63 "the birth place of my brother Walt Whitman"
  • Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of the Whitman Family
  • Appendix B: Obituary of Hannah Whitman Heyde
  • Appendix C: Letters from Hannah Whitman Heyde
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Editor and Author

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