Emily Dickinson's Reception in the 1890s: : A Documentary History / Willis J. Buckingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckingham, Willis J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Bibliography.

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.

Language & Literature.

Dickinson, Emily.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989.

Summary:

<p>This work reprint, annotates, and indexes virtually all mentionof Emily Dickinson in the first decade of her publication, triplingthe known references to the poet during the nineties. Much of thismaterial, drawn from scrapbooks of clippings, rare journals, andcrumbling newspapers, was on the verge of extinction.</p><p>Modern audiences will be struck by the impact of Dickinson'spoetry on her first readers. We learn much about the taste of theperiod and the relationship between publishers, reviewers, and thereading public. It demonstrates that Dickinson enjoyed a widerpopular reception than had been realized: readers were astonishedby her creative brilliance.</p>.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

Reviews and Notices of Emily Dickinson, 1890-1899

APPENDIX A. Emily Dickinson's Obituary

APPENDIX B. Diaries and Letters of the Nineties Not Published Until the Twentieth Century

APPENDIX C. Apparently Erroneous Citations of Nineties Reviews

APPENDIX D. Sales of Dickinson Volumes in the Nineties

APPENDIX E. Reviews of the 1905 London Reissue of Poems (1890)

Index and Finding List

Index to Poems.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780822976592

0822976595