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HAN
01-13-2014, 03:30 PM
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.

HAN
01-14-2014, 12:12 PM
thank you for suggestion those books are very enjoyable for me Ill try to read all of them