This is my letter to the World

Emily Dickinson s poems seem to talk from the mouth §of many voices; this did not resemble the poetry §and the norms of 19th century literature. She knew §this and thus decided not to publish, but instead §make a world of her own books and volumes of poetry, §in manuscript form. §Previous critical interpretations were engaged in §different particular aspects in Dickinson s entire §oeuvre, thus failing to provide a synthesized §perspective.§The present book analyzes the above mentioned §problems with reference to these critical works §discussing the reasons and historical developments §involved in the editing and thus the mis §interpretation of Emily Dickinson s poems. It §attempts to rediscover these original poems which §got lost for 100 years, in the moment their §publication began.§Nowadays technology provides us §the possibility to have direct access to the §faithful copies of her original poems in digital §form, this is the beginning of the actual study of §her poems.§Thus, the present analysis addresses both graduate §and undergraduate students, and anyone else who §might be interested in 19th century American §literature. - Written by Drd. Bökös Borbála -