Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
Author of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
About the Author
Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. Although one of America's most acclaimed poets, the bulk of her work was not published until well after her death on May 15, 1886. The few poems published in her lifetime were not received with any great fanfare. After her show more death, Dickinson's sister Lavinia found over 1,700 poems Emily had written and stashed away in a drawer -- the accumulation of a life's obsession with words. Critics have agreed that Dickinson's poetry was well ahead of its time. Today she is considered one of the best poets of the English language. Except for a year spent at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Dickinson spent her entire life in the family home in Amherst, Massachusetts. She never married and began to withdraw from society, eventually becoming a recluse. Dickinson's poetry engages the reader and requires his or her participation. Full of highly charged metaphors, her free verse and choice of words are best understood when read aloud. Dickinson's punctuation and capitalization, not orthodox by Victorian standards and called "spasmodic" by her critics, give greater emphasis to her meanings. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Emily Dickinson
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Barnes & Noble Pocket Size Leatherbound Classics) (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound… (2016) 220 copies, 2 reviews
Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson (1998) — Contributor — 214 copies, 3 reviews
Emily Dickinson [no title given] 45 copies
Emily Dickinson Face to Face: Unpublished Letters with Notes and Reminiscences (1970) 44 copies, 1 review
Emily Dickinson: poems [no further info] 22 copies
Poems 2 [German] 10 copies
Death 8 copies
Guten Morgen, Mitternacht. Gedichte und Briefe. Zweisprachig. Ausgewählt, aus dem Amerikanischen übertragen und mit… (1987) 8 copies
Duzentos poemas 8 copies
American poetry 6 copies
Two poems 5 copies
My Life had stood - a Loaded gun 5 copies
Poems by Emily Dickinson 4 copies
Autoportrait au roitelet : Suivi de la Correspondance avec les soeurs Norcross et avec Thomas W. Higginson (1992) 4 copies
Poetry of Emily Dickinson 4 copies
Tell All the Truth but Tell it Slant 4 copies
Aquesta és la meva carta al món: Poemes escollits. A cura de Marcel Riera (Catalan Edition) (2017) 3 copies
Vulkane 3 copies
Selected Poetry by Emily Dickenson - Del Prado Miniature (The Miniature Classics Library) (2003) 3 copies
The Greatest Christmas Stories & Poems in One Volume: 150 Tales, Poems & Carols (Illustrated): Silent Night, Ring Out… (2015) 3 copies
The Poems : стихотворенния 3 copies
Poemas e cartas 3 copies
Una pantera nel guanto 3 copies
I Heard a Fly Buzz��When I Died— 3 copies
Wild Nights—Wild Nights! 3 copies
A Narrow Fellow in the Grass 3 copies
Emily Dickinson: A Revelation 2 copies
Dalla prigione dell'estasi 2 copies
The letters of Emily Dickinson vol 3 2 copies
Nobody 2 copies
1993 emily dickinson, collected poems, barnes and noble 1993, hardcover (emily dickinson, collected poems, barnes and… (1993) 2 copies
Without Attribution 2 copies
“A Bird came down the Walk -“ 2 copies
We Love Bugs: 31 Classic Insect Poems for Kids (We Love Poetry) (Volume 1) (2013) 2 copies, 1 review
Poems. Vol. I. 2 copies
“Death is like the insect” 1 copy
Author: Emily Dickinson 1 copy
Para hacer una pradera 1 copy
Oda alabastri 1 copy
Poems By Emily Dicksinson: Series One (Edited by Her Two Close Friends) (Timeless Classic Books) (2010) 1 copy
“Alone I cannot be” 1 copy
Jest pewien ukos świata 1 copy
diVersi N. 1 1 copy
SEÇME ŞİİRLER 1 copy
Lettre au monde. 40 poèmes 1 copy
Tutte le poesie I (1-150) 1 copy
Illustrated Poets, The 1 copy
diVersi 1 copy
I'm Nobody Who Are You? 1 copy
Rare POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON 1952 Limited Editions Club in Slipcase [Hardcover] Emily Dickinson 1 copy
“Surgeons” 1 copy
Hope 1 copy
Poems of Emily Dickerson 1 copy
It is a Joy to be With You 1 copy
Emily Dickinson's Correspondences (Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture Collection) (2005) 1 copy
I Measure Every Grief I Meet 1 copy
An Emily Dickinson Sampler 1 copy
The Nobody {poem} 1 copy
Had I Not Seen the Sun 1 copy
Não sou ninguém 1 copy
Poems. Vol. II. 1 copy
Le più belle poesia 1 copy
emily dickinson six poems 1 copy
Vita, poetica, opere scelte 1 copy
Selected Tales and Poems 1 copy
Go not too near a House of Rose - (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy
A básníkem být nechci 1 copy
I Reckon - when I count at all - (included in The Norton Introduction to Literature - 5th Edition) 1 copy
I Died for Beauty {poem} 1 copy
It Is Joy To Be With You 1 copy
The Mystery of Pain 1 copy
Una parola 1 copy
Poems by Emily Dickinson 1 copy
Tengo un pájaro en primavera 1 copy
A world is dead... 1 copy
Cassetta verde. Le lettere dei poeti: Un vulcano silenzioso, la vita-Il poeta è un ladro di fuoco-Con pieno… (2017) 1 copy
La poesía temprana de Emily Dickinson. Cuadernillos 4, 5 & 6 (Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis Nord-Americans) (Spanish… (2014) 1 copy
Emily Dickinson 1838 - 1886 1 copy
Poesia Completa, Vol. 2 1 copy
Emily Dickinson. Selección 1 copy
A Not Admitting of the Wound 1 copy
Poemes d' Emily Dickinson 1 copy
POESIE (Dickinson) 1992 1 copy
艾米莉·狄金森精选诗集(英文版) 1 copy
Uma centena de poemas 1 copy
Dickinson, Emily Archive 1 copy
艾蜜莉的謎語 1 copy
The American Poets 1 copy
diVersi. 1 Emily Dickinson 1 copy
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The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Contributor — 1,306 copies, 9 reviews
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Contributor — 1,083 copies, 3 reviews
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 947 copies, 7 reviews
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Contributor — 846 copies, 12 reviews
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contributor — 458 copies, 1 review
Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the 17th Century to the Present (1994) — Contributor — 451 copies
Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature (1991) — Contributor — 405 copies, 5 reviews
Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women (1994) — Contributor — 350 copies, 4 reviews
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 258 copies
Wise Women: Over Two Thousand Years of Spiritual Writing by Women (1996) — Contributor — 205 copies, 1 review
Teaching with Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach (2003) — Contributor — 204 copies, 1 review
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Contributor — 189 copies, 2 reviews
The Civil War: The Second Year Told By Those Who Lived It (2012) — Contributor — 177 copies, 1 review
American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (2012) — Contributor — 124 copies
Leading From Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead (2007) — Contributor — 102 copies, 3 reviews
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review
Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry (2020) — Contributor — 100 copies, 32 reviews
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contributor — 68 copies, 1 review
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Contributor — 40 copies
Buzz Words: Poems About Insects (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2021) — Contributor — 39 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Contributor — 39 copies
Wat blijft komt nooit terug : eigen en andermans gedichten (1979) — Contributor — 35 copies, 1 review
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Contributor — 31 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 4: The World Around Us (1968) — Contributor — 29 copies
Six Great American Poets: Poems by Poe, Dickinson, Whitman, Longfellow, Frost and Millay (Dover Thrift Editions) (1992) — Contributor — 13 copies
American poets, an anthology of contemporary verse — Contributor — 4 copies
Everything is Going to be All Right: Poems for When You Really Need Them (2021) — Contributor — 4 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dickinson, Emily
- Legal name
- Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth
- Birthdate
- 1830-12-10
- Date of death
- 1886-05-15
- Burial location
- West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Place of death
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause of death
- nephritis
- Places of residence
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Education
- Amherst Academy
Mary Lyon's Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (Mount Holyoke College) - Occupations
- poet
- Relationships
- Dickinson, Emily Norcross (mother)
Dickinson, Austin (brother)
Dickinson, Susan (sister-in-law)
Bianchi, Martha Dickinson (niece)
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (friend)
Bowles, Samuel (friend) (show all 10)
Holland, Josiah Gilbert (friend)
Holland, Elizabeth (friend)
Jackson, Helen Hunt (friend)
Dickinson, Edward (father) - Organizations
- Transcendentalism
Members
Discussions
Group Read: [White Heat], Dickinson/Higginson Friendship in Book talk (June 2011)
Reviews
El viento comenzó a mecer la hierba by Emily Dickinson
Muy bien escrito, pero este tipo de poesía no me atrae demasiado.
Muy bien escrito, pero este tipo de poesía no me atrae demasiado.
Emily Dickinson's poems are brought to life in this excellent book. Christine Davenier's illustrations perfectly match the poem in style. Quick impressions that speak to the heart of the moment. It was also wonderful to see definitions for tough words right on the page yet unobtrusive. I especially liked that, at the end of the book, there were short analyses of each poem to help young readers understand what Dickinson was writing about. This book also included a brief yet thoughtful biography at the beginning. A great introduction to poetry.… (more)
Poems of Emily Dickinson organized by season and beautifully illustrated by Tasha Tudor. A great gift volume.
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Statistics
- Works
- 466
- Also by
- 87
- Members
- 25,981
- Popularity
- #801
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 252
- ISBNs
- 701
- Languages
- 22
- Favorited
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