Poems, 1858-1872.

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Poems, 1858-1872.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79390420

This collection consists of 40 "packets," or fascicles, containing poems by Emily Dickinson. Dickinson used the manuscript books as a way of organizing her poetry, and copied into them poems composed on other sheets and scraps. For the most part, then, these poems are fair copies, not real working drafts. Some, however, do contain alterations, or alternative word choices; this is indicated in the finding aid.

7 boxes (1.4 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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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...