The Life of Emily Dickinson
The Life of Emily Dickinson won the National Book Award. This monumental biography of the great American poet (1830-1886) is the result of nearly twenty years of work. Now available in a one-volume edition, it presents a complete study of the poet's life.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN-13
- 9780374186944
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Emily Dickinson's lifeAmerican poetry19th-century literary history
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1975)
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