Acts of light, Emily Dickinson : poems / by Emily Dickinson ; paintings by Nancy Ekholm Burkert ; appreciation by Jane Langton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Contributor:

Burkert, Nancy Ekholm.

Langton, Jane, 1922-2018.

Hidy, Lance.

Bixler, Michael.

Bixler, Winifred.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--19th century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Capps, Jack L. (donor) (Capps Dickinson Collection copy)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 166 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Edition:

[First small-format edition].

Manufacture:

Hong Kong : Printed and bound by South China Printing.

Other Title:

Acts of light

Place of Publication:

Boston ; New York ; Toronto ; London : Little, Brown and Company, [1995?]

Summary:

Originally published in 1980 and nominated for a National Book Award, Acts of Light includes Dickinson's best-loved poems as well as an extensive essay on the poet's life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Color paintings.

Notes:

"A Bulfinch Press Book."

"Designed by Lance Hidy."

"Typeset in Dante (text) and Centaur (display) by Michael & Winifred Bixler."

"'Acts of Light' contains eighty poems, carefully chosen to reflect the wide range of Dickinson's work ... Bulfinch Press is proud to reissue 'Acts of Light' - which was originally published in 1980 as a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Dickinson's birth - in this small-format-edition."--Dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (page 161) and index.

Nominated for a National Book Award.

Local Notes:

Capps Dickinson Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2006 by Brigadier General Jack L. Capps.

Capps Dickinson Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0821221752 :

OCLC:

983653582