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Only a handful of Emily Dickinson's nearly 2000 poems were
published in her lifetime, but today she is recognised as one of
the most important American poets of the 19th century. This
attractive collection gathers more than 150 of her memorable works.
Featuring insights about nature, love, life, death and immortality,
these poems are among the best loved in English literature.
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Poems (Paperback)
Emily Dickinson
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Emily Dickinson
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Poems (Paperback)
Emily Dickinson
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R391
Discovery Miles 3 910
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Poems (Paperback)
Emily Dickinson
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R391
Discovery Miles 3 910
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Explore the essence of life, love, nature, and time in exquisite
verse with this elegantly designed edition of Emily Dickinson’s
finest poems. Born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a
prominent New England family and educated at Amherst Academy and
Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Emily Elizabeth Dickinson lived most
of her life in seclusion, devoted to writing. She scarcely left
home, nor did she have many visitors. Only ten of her poems were
published in her lifetime, submitted without her permission by
friends. It was only after her death in 1886 that the scope of her
work as a poet came to light—over 1,700 poems were discovered in
a dresser drawer by her sister, Lavinia. Emily Dickinson’s poems
reflect her loneliness, as well as her love of nature, the
influence of the Metaphysical poets of seventeenth century England,
and her strong Puritan religious beliefs. Yet, it is her use of
language, form, and the deceptive simplicity of her verse that
categorize her as an important force in nineteenth century American
letters and, along with Walt Whitman, a founder of a distinctly
American voice in modern poetry. PRELUDE THIS is my letter to the
world, That never wrote to me,— That simple news that Nature
told, With tender majesty. Her message is committed To hands I
cannot see; For love of her, sweet countrymen, Judge tenderly of
me! The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together
the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and
unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe,
patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on
vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of
literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.
The startling originality of Emily Dickinson's style condemned her
poetry to obscurity during her lifetime, but her bold experiments
in prosody, her tragic vision, and the range of her intellectual
and emotional explorations have since won her international
recognition as a poet of the highest order. The Complete Poems is
the only one-volume edition containing all of Emily Dickinson's
verse. In this landmark edition, the editor, Thomas H. Johnson, has
presented the poems in their original contexts; and where alternate
readings were suggested, he has chosen only those which the poet
evidently preferred. His introduction includes a brief explanation
of his selection of texts as well as an outline of Emily
Dickinson's career.
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Emily Dickinson
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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
With an Introduction by Emma Hartnoll. Initially a vivacious,
outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew
into a reclusive existence. An undiscovered genius during her
lifetime, only seven out of her total of 1,775 poems were published
prior to her death. She had an immense breadth of vision and a
passionate intensity and awe for life, love, nature, time and
eternity. Originally branded an eccentric, Emily Dickinson is now
recognised as a major poet of great depth, startling originality
and courage for as she wrote: 'Assent and you are sane; /Demure
you're straightaway dangerous / And handled with a chain'.
This complete compendium of Emily Dickenson's poetry offers the
reader a vivid portrait of one of Massachusetts' most famous and
enigmatic poets. Although a greatly talented writer, Emily
Dickenson lived most of her life in private seclusion, in contrast
to the culture of the time which emphasized community and
socializing. Throughout her life, Emily's family ensured her care
and comfort; she lived a life characterized by quiet
self-seclusion. Emily's early life ensured a great standard of
education, with her aunts in particular noting her inclination
toward musical and literary interests. Contemporary scholars
generally agree that Emily Dickenson's isolation was chiefly the
result of a persistent depression. The death of a school principal
she admired, and of several friends, plummeted her toward isolation
during the prime of her life. Despite her illness, she managed to
travel with her family to see life beyond her hometown of Amhurst
and publish a few of her poems.
For the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six
year correspondence to her neighbor and sister-in-law, Susan
Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. "Open Me
Carefully" invites a dramatic new understanding of Emily
Dickinson's life and work, overcoming a century of censorship and
misinterpretation.
For the millions of readers who love Emily Dickinson's poetry,
"Open Me Carefully" brings new light to the meaning of the poet's
life and work. Gone is Emily as lonely spinster; here is Dickinson
in her own words, passionate and fully alive.
"With spare commentary, Smith ... and Hart ... let these letters
speak for themselves. Most important, unlike previous editors who
altered line breaks to fit their sense of what is poetry or prose,
Hart and Smith offer faithful reproductions of the letters'
genre-defying form as the words unravel spectacularly down the
original page." Renee Tursi, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support
our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online
at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The eagerness with which the first
volume of Emily Dickinson's poems has been read shows very clearly
that all our alleged modern artificiality does not prevent a prompt
appre-ciation of the qualities of directness and simplicity in
approaching the greatest themes, - life and love and death. That
"irresistible needle-touch," as one of her best critics has called
it, piercing at once the very core of a thought, has found a
response as wide and sympathetic as it has been unexpected even to
those who knew best her compelling power. This second volume, while
open to the same criticism as to form with its predecessor, shows
also the same shining beauties.
The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson
long since called "the Poetry of the Portfolio," - something
produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely
by way of expression of the writer's own mind. Such verse must
inevitably forfeit whatever advantage lies in the discipline of
public criticism and the enforced conformity to accepted ways. On
the other hand, it may often gain something through the habit of
freedom and the unconventional utterance of daring thoughts. In the
case of the present author, there was absolutely no choice in the
matter; she must write thus, or not at all. A recluse by
temperament and habit, literally spending years without setting her
foot beyond the doorstep, and many more years during which her
walks were strictly limited to her father's grounds, she habitually
concealed her mind, like her person, from all but a very few
friends; and it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to
print, during her lifetime, three or four poems. Yet she wrote
verses in great abundance; and though brought curiously indifferent
to all conventional rules, had yet a rigorous literary standard of
her own, and often altered a word many times to suit an ear which
had its own tenacious fastidiousness.
'It's coming - the postponeless Creature' Electrifying poems of
isolation, beauty, death and eternity from a reclusive genius and
one of America's greatest writers. One of 46 new books in the
bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first
ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of
the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the
world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence,
heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
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