The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
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Book Reviews of The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Book Review: Good for its time, but...
Summary: 1 Stars
Now that the wonderful three volume Franklin edition Dickinson's poems exist, I don't see how this old Johnson edition could be taken seriously. Johnson's choices for a particular reading were not always the best -- many of Dickinson's poems don't have a sanctioned "final" form from the poet. Franklin's edition presents the poems with all the variations in words and phrases so that the reader could decide which of the variations works best when Dickinson herself was undecided. If you love Emily Dickinson, invest in the Franklin Variorum edition. It's worth every penny of it's rather high price.Book Review: It's really a crime...
Summary: 1 Stars
...how Dickinson is still remembered today. There have been many bad poets in the world's history; Dickinson was about the worst. Buried in smug contempt and suffused with undeserved egotism, Dickinson's poems show not even the most minimal grasp of the English language. How so many people mistake Dickinson's muffled ignorance for thought is beyond me.Book Review: Delightfully primitive
Summary: 1 Stars
a bold book with a hint of sophistication but lacking in pretension. I don't particularly care for the poetry of this excessivly repetitios. It is imparative that the reader have a uniwue point of view to understand her literature.