Martha Dickinson Bianchi letter : to Frederick C. Prescott, 1929 May 6.

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Martha Dickinson Bianchi letter : to Frederick C. Prescott, 1929 May 6.

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Criticizes the first edition of Dickinson's poems and contrasts it with Further Poems, in which the editors are much more faithful to the original texts of the poems. Comments briefly on particular poems, "Unto Me," the "Turtle" poem, and "A Wife at Daybreak." Offers to show Prescott some of the original manuscripts.

3 p. on 1 leaf.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943

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Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866-1943) was the niece of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), and daughter of William Austin Dickinson (1829-1895) and Susan Huntington Dickinson (1830-1913). As the sole surviving member of the Dickinson family, she edited several collections of Emily Dickinson's work, and wrote two Dickinson biographies. A poet in her own right, Bianchi published several volumes of her own work as well. From the description of Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning ...

Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...

Prescott, Frederick Clarke, 1871-1957

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