Synopses & Reviews
This work reprint, annotates, and indexes virtually all mention of Emily Dickinson in the first decade of her publication, tripling the known references to the poet during the nineties. Much of this material, drawn from scrapbooks of clippings, rare journals, and crumbling newspapers, was on the verge of extinction.
Modern audiences will be struck by the impact of Dickinson’s poetry on her first readers. We learn much about the taste of the period and the relationship between publishers, reviewers, and the reading public. It demonstrates that Dickinson enjoyed a wider popular reception than had been realized: readers were astonished by her creative brilliance.
Review
“Buckingham’s compilation adds substantially to the bibliographical record on Dickinson, her defenders, and detractors. The volume also serves as a superb case study of how literary taste was defined and shaped in the late nineteenth century.”
—ANQ: A Quarterly Journal
Review
“This is a splendid book, and one to be treasured by Dickinson scholars and those interested in the history of taste and the transmission of a poet’s reputation during the crucial years when her work was first published. Buckingham has gathered all the known public commentary on Dickinson, in the United States and in Britain, published in the 1890s, and his introduction to these materials is a model of clarity.”
—The Modern Language Review/Yearbook of English Studies
Synopsis
This work reprint, annotates, and indexes virtually all mention of Emily Dickinson in the first decade of her publication, tripling the known references to the poet during the nineties. Much of this material, drawn from scrapbboks of clippings, rare journals, and crumbling newspapers, was on teh verge of extinction.
About the Author
Willis J. Buckingham is emeritus professor of English at Arizona State University.