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 Velsor Whitman (1795-1873), and other family members, her lived experience of ongoing physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
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 Velsor Whitman (1795-1873), and other family members, her lived experience of ongoing physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
HANNAH WHITMAN HEYDE (1823-1908), sister of the poet Walt Whitman, was the fourth child of Walter Whitman Sr. and Louisa Van Velsor Whitman. She was educated in Brooklyn, NY and Hempstead, Long Island. In 1852 she married the landscape painter Charles Louis Heyde (1820-1892), and for forty years, captured her life experience in correspondence with her family.She died at age 85 in Burlington, VT. MAIRE MULLINS is a professor of English at Pepperdine University. As a Fulbright Scholar to Japan, Mullins taught at Tokyo Christian Women's University and Tokyo Gakugei University. Her areas of expertise include Walt Whitman, Hannah Whitman Heyde, digital humanities, religion and literature, and gender studies. She lives in Malibu, California, with her husband and daughters.
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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: List of Letters from Hannah Whitman Heyde: Dates, Recipients, and Manuscript Sources Bibliography Index
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: List of Letters from Hannah Whitman Heyde: Dates, Recipients, and Manuscript Sources Bibliography Index
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