Emily Dickinson

Selected Letters

Edited by Thomas H. Johnson

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PAPERBACK

$36.50 • £29.95 • €33.00

ISBN 9780674250703

Publication Date: 03/15/1986

* Academic Trade

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

Belknap Press

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When the complete Letters of Emily Dickinson appeared in three volumes in 1958, Robert Kirsch welcomed them in the Los Angeles Times, saying “The missives offer access to the mind and heart of one of America’s most intriguing literary personalities.” This one-volume selection is at last available in paperback. It provides crucial texts for the appreciation of American literature, women’s experience in the nineteenth century, and literature in general.

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