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Can u suggest a book from Emily Dickinson
MorpheusSandman
01-13-2014, 04:02 PM
Errr, yeah, her Complete Poems. The two standard (reliable) editions are by Franklin (http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Emily-Dickinson-Reading/dp/0674018249/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389643195&sr=1-8&keywords=emily+dickinson) and Johnson. (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Poems-Emily-Dickinson/dp/0316184136/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389643209&sr=1-1&keywords=emily+dickinson+complete) Dickinson represents a challenge to editors because of her unorthodox punctuation and bevy of manuscripts. There are many poems that lack a final, definitive form. If you want to get into that quagmire, you should check out the Variorum Edition. (http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Emily-Dickinson-Variorum/dp/067467622X/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389643209&sr=1-6&keywords=emily+dickinson+complete)
TheCityTheBridg
01-13-2014, 08:09 PM
Perhaps what you could use are a few of her poems, which are in the public domain and widely available on the internet.
A few of my favorites:
My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?
I dwell in Possibility
Nick Capozzoli
01-13-2014, 11:40 PM
There is a book of some of ED's letters, which makes interesting reading. When I read it I was taken by the rhythms of her "prose," which reminded me quite a lot of her poetic phrasing. Sorry, I don't recall the editor or publisher, but it was published in the past 15 years.
thank you for suggestion those books are very enjoyable for me Ill try to read all of them
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