Born in Massachusetts in 1830, Emily Dickinson composed over 1770 poems; but apart from her closest friends, no one knew she was writing at all. Only after her death was her astonishing output discovered and published. A reclusive figure for much of her life, few could have imagined the range of her subjects, the intensity of her imagination or the powerful delicacy of her writing. Emily Dickinson is one of America's greatest writers. This selection includes 147 of her best known poems, and is a perfect introduction to her unique voice.
Emily Dickinson wurde 1830 in Amherst (Massachusetts) geboren, wo sie am 15. Mai 1886 starb. Von ihren 1775 Gedichten erschienen zu ihren Lebzeiten weniger als zwanzig, ihre Briefe zählen zu den Höhepunkten der amerikanischen Literatur.
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Though known principally as the miniaturist in American poetry, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) produced a remarkably wide body of work ? some concentrating on acute observations and some on bons mots. Full of wit and sensitivity, she generally appears in anthologies but this generous collection shows that she is a poet to be taken seriously.
