Unpublished Poems Of Emily Dickinson MARTHA DICKINSON BIANCHI Editor (1936 1st)
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Unpublished Poems Of Emily Dickinson MARTHA DICKINSON BIANCHI Editor (1936 1st). While a highly limited edition of 525 numbered copies was distributed in late 1935, the first trade edition was officially released in February 1936. It consists of 157 pages containing fresh, lyrics recovered from Dickinson's manuscript legacy. Offered here is a text entitled: Unpublished Poems Of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, published by Little, Brown, And Company (Boston) in 1936, 1st trade edition, t.e.g., 5 1/2" x 7 3/4"; 157pp. Gilt-decorated green cloth covers have some light wear (top edge), spine ends bumped/ gilt has faded, light toning internally-- very good overall. Preceded by a very limited, numbered edition in late 1935, this first trade edition is also rare. Unpublished Poems of Emily Dickinson is a notable posthumous volume of poetry originally compiled and published by Little, Brown and Company. While a highly limited edition of 525 numbered copies was distributed in late 1935, the first trade edition was officially released in February 1936. The text was carefully curated by Dickinson's niece, Martha Dickinson Bianchi, and co-editor Alfred Leete Hampson. It consists of 157 pages containing fresh, lyrics recovered from Dickinson's manuscript legacy. The standard 1936 trade edition features a small octavo format bound in forest green cloth with gilt lettering and a gilt top edge. The release was a key event in the mid-20th-century "Dickinson wars," a period of intense familial and legal rivalry over who possessed the rights to publish her massive hoard of remaining manuscripts. EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century. Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence. Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends. Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content. A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet. [GoodReads]
