The Essential Emily Dickinson

By Emily Dickinson

Book Overview

The essential poems of Emily Dickinson selected and introduced by Joyce Carol Oates

Discover the unparalleled brilliance of one of America's most celebrated poets. The Essential Emily Dickinson brings together a carefully curated selection of her most profound and beloved works, capturing the essence of her timeless genius.

Dickinson's poetry transcends the boundaries of time and space, exploring themes of love, nature, death, and the soul with unmatched depth and insight. Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to her work, this collection offers the perfect gateway into her poetic universe. Explore her most iconic poems, from Because I could not stop for Death to "Hope" is the thing with feathers. Gain insight into the mind of a reclusive yet revolutionary artist whose words continue to resonate across generations.

Step into Emily Dickinson's remarkable world, where every word is a window to new realms of thought and feeling. The Essential Emily Dickinson is not just a book; it's an invitation to experience the beauty, mystery, and eternal relevance of one of literature's greatest voices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062668870
• ISBN13: 9780062668875
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Lovely Verse, Passionately Performed

I'm not, generally speaking, a poetry kind of guy, but this is by a poetess personality with whom I am in sympathy. Her self-imposed, mostly secluded adult existance away from humankind has always made me wonder and appreciate her. I once worked with an old and very experienced female newspaper reporter who once said to me in disgust: "You know, people are just no damned good." I also remember a quote from somewhere, by Charles Bukowski I think, that said: "I like people, but I seem to feel better when they're not around." There seems to be a peace and stillness not to be found elsewhere in living mostly apart from others and not participating in their frantic money gathering, incessant and/or nonsensical babbling, their grand propensity for violence in it's many forms, self-idolizations and their hippocracies. She died for beauty, but from her writing I perceive she found much in nature, but didn't find so much in humankind. Just a sprinkling here and there, and maybe that's enough. Her comments about religion and church-going make me smile. She seems to have been an insightful genius. The recording is just fine.