Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Authors:
Emily Dickinson
Released: January, 1976
ISBN: 0316184136
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Customer Review #1:
 Easy to buy and easier to read
There was a time in the history of the world when great literature was for the rich - so those without means were impoverished twice over! But this is a remarkable example of how the work of poetic genius can touch the lives of every reader in an edition that is complete, exhaustive and affordable. For anyone who adores Emily or wants to learn what all the fuss has been, heres the best buy.
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Customer Review #2:
Great Emily Dickinson Book
Great collection by one of the best woman poets ever! All 1775 poems are in chronological order to show her feelings at certain times in her life. It is a great book, I highly recommend it!
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Customer Review #3:
Johnson Edition
So, heres the deal, boys and girls. There are two versions of the reading edition of Emily Dickinsons poems that are usable. And by usable, I mean that the texts (note the work "texts") are what Emily Dickinson wanted the texts to be. The first version is, as I read the description of the volume in question, is the Thomas H. Johnson text. Now, friends, (excuse me if I seem patronizing, but as a Dickinson scholar, long of tooth, and weary of stupidity, I have my prejudices), Johnsons text has been a fully acceptable and competent version since it was published as the authoritative Dickinson in 1955 (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press issued the variorum, three volume version of all the authoritative poems in the same year.) This is cool. The newest version of Emily Dickinson poems was edited by R.W. Franklin, and the readers edition was published in 1999. There is also a new variorum edition published by Belknap Press of Harvard and edited by Franklin. So. I am boring you with all of this detail to tell you that the Johnson texts are good texts. If you are serious about Dickinson--meaning if you actually care about what she wrote on the page--the Johnson and the Franklin will give accurate texts. F.W. Franklin has been working on details where Johnson lacked insight since the 60s. He knows whereof he speaks, and he has done his utmost to reassemble Ms. Dickinsons original manuscripts in their proper order. Previous versions of the poems--those before Johnson and Franklin--regularized rhyme and otherwise abrogated the accuracy of the poems. They were cleaned up according to late 19th century standards, and the texts--despite editorial comments to the contrary--are corrupt. That means that they are inaccurate. So, dear friends, if you want Emily Dickinson with accuracy--despite the rapturous testimony of some reviewers--go for the Johnson or Franklin texts. The others are mostly fraudulent. And in case you actually care, my credentials are respectable, and I dont work for a publisher. Use Johnson if you have him with confidence. Franklin is most current and should be impeccable. Other texts, including some that are in supposedly respectable American literature anthologies, may be suspect. (One of the most respectable uses texts that derive from late 19th century texts that were declared corrupt some 40 years ago.) So--hope this is of some use.
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