Letters of Emily Dickinson

by Dickinson, Emily

• ISBN13: 9780486428581
• ISBN10: 0486428583
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-30
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Only five of Emily Dickinson's poems were published while she lived; today, approximately 1,500 are in print. Dickinson's poetry reflects the power of her contemplative gifts, and her deep sensitivity courses through her correspondence as well. Lovingly compiled by a close friend, this first collection of Dickinson's letters originally appeared in 1894, only eight years after the poet's death. Although she grew reclusive in her later years and seldom saw her many friends, she thought of them often and affectionately, as her missives attest. The small cast of daily characters in Dickinson's little world takes on vivid life in the letters, and her famous wit sparkles from every page.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the First Edition	vii
To Mrs. A. P. Strong (1845-1853)	3	(52)
To Mr. W. A. Dickinson (1847-1854)	55	(49)
To Mrs. Gordon L. Ford, Mr. Bowdoin, Mrs. Anthon, and Miss Lavinia Dickinson (1848-1865)	104	(25)
To Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Holland (1853-1883)	129	(29)
v. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bowles (1858-1881)	158	(35)
To the Misses --- (1859-1885)	193	(59)
To Mr. T. W. Higginson (1862-1884)	252	(28)
To Mr. Perez D. Cowan, Miss Maria Whitney, Mr. Bowles, Mr. F. D. Clark, and Mr. C. H. Clark (1870-1885)	280	(30)
To Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Read, Mrs. W. A. Stearns, Mrs. Edward Tuckerman, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Hills, Mrs. Jameson, Mr. Emerson, Maggie Maher, Mr. and Mrs. Montague, Mrs. W. F. Stearns, Mr. J. K. Chickering, Mrs. Sweetser, Mr. Niles, Mrs. Carmichael, Dr. and Mrs. Field, Mr. Holland, ``H.H.,'' Miss Hall, Mrs. Crowell, and Mrs. J. C. Greenough (1872-1885)	310	(57)
To Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Tuckerman, the Misses ---, Mr. Clark, and Mrs. Currier	367	(10)
Index	377