The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet who wrote an astonishing amount of poems. She was a solitary and extremely private poet, who saw only a few of her poems published during her life. After discovering a trove of manuscripts left in a wooden box, Dickinson's sister Lavinia, fortunately, chose to violate Emily's wishes for her work to be burned after death. With the help of Amherst professors, Lavinia brought her sister's gifted verse into print. This brings together the first three ...