Whitman to Anson Ryder, Jr. August
Posted here (PDF above) are two letters from Walt Whitman letter to Anson Ryder, Jr., dated August 15 and 16, 1865.
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A good letter mixes the general with the specific.
Emotion — feeling for the person addressed — with material that is of topical and anecdotal interest to both the letter writer and the recipient, creating a conversational-type bond.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
March 2023
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See also my post:
A Walt Whitman Letter; and, What Can Be Inferred from It about Letter Writing in General
A Walt Whitman Letter; and, What Can Be Inferred from It about Letter Writing in General
Roger's rhetoric 