The Poems of Emily Dickinson

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Edited by R. W. Franklin

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$28.50 • £22.95 • €25.50

ISBN 9780674018242

Publication Date: 10/28/2005

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696 pages

5-5/8 x 8-3/4 inches

Belknap Press

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R. W. Franklin was Director of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. He received the Emily Dickinson International Society’s Award for Outstanding Contribution.

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1999 Umhoefer Prize for Achievement in Humanities

R. W. Franklin Is Recipient of the Emily Dickinson International Society’s Award for Outstanding Contribution

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