Emily Dickinson wrote short, often-enigmatic poems that are widely anthologized, quoted, and read by students of every age.
Including plentiful photos, full-length poems, letter excerpts, a time line, source notes, and a bibliography, this indispensable resource offers a full portrait of this singular American poet..
Her family and friends were of the utmost importance to her, and she was a prolific, thoughtful, and witty correspondent who shared many poems with those closest to her.
Highly educated for a girl of her era, she was fully engaged in both the academic and social aspects of the schools she attended until she was nearly 18.
In Becoming Emily , young readers will learn how as a child, adolescent, and well into adulthood, Dickinson was a lively social being with a warm family life.
Yet, as widely known as her poetry is, Dickinson as a person is considered to have been an inscrutable recluse--a silent figure who wore only white, wrote in secret, never left her home, and had no interest in sharing her poetry.
Emily Dickinson wrote short, often-enigmatic poems that are widely anthologized, quoted, and read by students of every age
