Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. the Only One-Volume Edition Containing All of Emily Dickinson's Poems
Unknown Binding
(Little, Brown and Company March 15, 1960)
, First Edition edition
This 770 page book contains hundreds of poems composed by Emily Dickinson between the years 1850-1886, plus many that were found after her death with unknown dates of composition. From the Introduction by Thomas Johnson: "The text for this edition reproduces solely and completely that of the 1955 variorum edition, but intended as a reading text, it selects but one form of each poem. Selection becomes mandatory for the semi-final drafts. Though by far the largest number of packet copies exist in but a single fair-copy version, several exist in semifinal form: those for which marginally the poet suggested an alternate reading for one word or more. In order to keep editorial construction to a bare minimum, I have followed the policy of adopting such suggestions only when underlined, presumably Emily Dickinson's method of indicating her own preference. Rough drafts, of which there are relatively few, are allowed to stand as such, with no editorial tinkering. The date at the left, following each poem, is that conjectured for the earliest known manuscript; that to the right is the date of first publication. The order of the poems is that of the Harvard (variorum) edition."
- Weight
- 25.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 9.1 x 6.6
in.