Barnes & Noble Classics: The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Paperback)

from Devil_llama

A collection of the best of the best. Emily Dickinson is one of the most original poets of her time, and refused to follow the straight jacket rules often imposed on poets; as a result, she was not published widely in her lifetime (though she did have one or two poems in a magazine). Since that t...

from keylawk

Not sure how much "editing" Emily's friends and relatives contributed to this collection, virtually all of which are poems which Emily did not publish or even title before her death in 1886. For example, the stark perplexity of "Going to Heaven!" And it takes but little understanding to come to t...

from hermit_9

Dickinson is one of my favorite poets. I love the convenience of this collection.

from walkthemoon89

She wasn't appreciated by her family or the public of that day, but contrary to what I once assumed, this did not make her bitter. Poetry tends to be either traditional and soothing or modern and frayed, and Emily is definitely traditional and soothing. She bore no ill will to anybody, regardless...

from pivic

Utterly brilliant. Although it's marked by time - and what really isn't? - in a way which isn't my marred, modern cup of tea, the sheer potency of Dickinson's language, rhythm, coinage of words and non-rhymes win me over completely, and take me to another level totally. I shan't say more on the p...