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Title: Emily Dickinson Poems

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the man of letters to whom Emily Dickinson first entrusted her poems, was dumbfounded by them, and asked, "What place ought to be assigned in literature to what is so remarkable, yet so elusive of criticism?" His question was answered only after Dickinson's death in 1886: she is now considered one of America's greatest poets. Her terse, oblique, visionary poems--only 10 of which were published in her lifetime--have almost no relation to the conventions of the second half of the 19th century, when they were written. The poems play adventurously with meter and rhyme and are completely free of the saccharine sentiments popular at the time. Irreverent, frank, eccentric, and deeply personal, Dickinson's poetry remains fresh and unique, and is always scrupulously in search of truth. As Dickinson put it herself: "Much Madness is divinest Sense--/To a discerning Eye..."

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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Emily Dickinson Poems and it was written by Emily Dickinson. This edition of Emily Dickinson Poems is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is March 2001 and it has a suggested retail price of $22.01. There are pages in the book and it was published by Faber & Faber Ltd. The 10 digit ISBN is 0571204562 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780571204564. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.