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Download The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson Barnes Noble Classics Series Emily Dickinson Rachel Wetzsteon 9781593080501 Books

"The Kindle edition (which I bought from the Kindle link on this page) is the *Higginson* edition with 59 poems--even though the title says "Complete".
Based on other reviews, I'm assuming the paperback edition is the more recommended *Johnson* edition and probably has all 1775 poems.
I'm assuming the recommendations are reliable, because I haven't read Dickinson since high school (40 years ago) and If I'm going to read her now, I want to start with the *real* thing. A Kindle version would be ideal, though. Since they're so short, I can read one anywhere, any time, and then think it over as I go on my way."

Product details Series Barnes & Noble Classics Paperback 400 pages Publisher Barnes & Noble Classics; First Edition edition (October 12, 2003) Language English ISBN-10 1593080506

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The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson Barnes Noble Classics Series Emily Dickinson Rachel Wetzsteon 9781593080501 Books Reviews

• Most of Dickinson's collections contain poems that are not in her intended form. That's because an editor changed the poems prior to publishing them not long after Dickinson's death.
  
  However, this collection edited by Thomas H. Johnson has Dickinson's original syntax and words. The difference can be stark.
  
  Consider poem 1544. Here is the modified version
  
  Who has not found the heaven below
  Will fail of it above.
  God's residence is next to mine,
  His furniture is love.
  
  Here is the intended version
  
  Who has not found the Heaven -- below --
  Will fail of it above --
  For Angels rent the House next ours,
  Wherever we remove --
  
  To me, there is no comparison. If you agree, get the Thomas Johnson version. But be cautious--it looks like only the hardback is the intended i.e., Thomas Johnson, version.
• I bought this book as a present for my mother, to show her how wonderful Emily Dickinson is, but I refuse to give it to her. The punctuation, particularly Emily's incessant dashes, has been wildly altered and made more "typical." I consider this a travesty. Please buy a copy that has the words and punctuation that the author actually intended.
• The edition is not the same edition as the pictured Complete Poems. The version features the embarrassing editor-written poem titles, replaces Dickinson's trademark dashes with commas and semi-colons, is organized very subjectively by theme rather than chronologically as in the pictured Complete Poems, and finally, the version contains a fraction of her poems. Not complete at all.
• The edition (which I bought from the link on this page) is the *Higginson* edition with 59 poems--even though the title says "Complete".
  Based on other reviews, I'm assuming the paperback edition is the more recommended *Johnson* edition and probably has all 1775 poems.
  I'm assuming the recommendations are reliable, because I haven't read Dickinson since high school (40 years ago) and If I'm going to read her now, I want to start with the *real* thing. A version would be ideal, though. Since they're so short, I can read one anywhere, any time, and then think it over as I go on my way.
• This collection of poems was edited by R.W. Franklin. The poems are listed one after another, with only spaces in between each poem. At first, being unfamiliar with Dickinson's work, I was confused by what seemed to be one endless poem, before figuring out the format of the work. That is a bit of weakness, and should've been made more clear in some way.
  
  However, besides that, it is a wonderful guide to the work of Emily Dickinson. It starts off with a foreword, giving a little bit of information about the poet (as well as some helpful guidelines to how to read the poems). The index is also well organized, if a little cluttered; I realize that the amount of poems necessitates a smaller font when creating the the index but it does strain your eyes a bit trying to read it. Also included is a list of poems by year, which isn't totally necessary but gives a good sense of the prolific nature of Dickinson. The editorial notes section was a little unclear to me.
  
  All in all, if you are looking for a complete text of Dickinson's work, you could do a lot worse. There is a good amount of side information that helps contextualize both the poems and their author. A helpful guide for Dickinson study.
• A "complete edition" of the poems, citing but not including the many variants. The result is a "standard" text for use. The three-volume variorum edition provides alternative readings for those so inclined to scholarship and "arguing" with the editor's choices. The more casual reader should be happy with this version, which replicates Dickinson's preferences for spellings, punctuation, and above all spacing between words or ideas. (Get used to "opon," used repeatedly and heard as her phonetic reading of "upon," perhaps an overinterpretation.)Seeing the poems in some sort of chronological order allows for some stylistic study, although Dickinson did not usually save her "pre-final" drafts (or wrote later poems on a host of paper types). To be read in smaller doses; the better poems and increasing maturity stand out more effectively this way.
• If you want to read Emily Dickinson's complete poems, this is, by far, the best edition available. The poems are arranged in chronological order, based upon new dating methods, and include 1,789 poems. Emily was a pioneer of the human soul and lived her life utterly dedicated to the pursuit of her art. Her family recognized her genius and made a home for her to bring forth all the wonderful gifts she left for the world. She had no desire for fame or glory. She remained true to herself in a time when this was a rarity for a single woman, What better way to live a life?
• This is the most recent, definitive collection of Emily Dickinson's poems. There's an earlier definitive Johnson collection, but I went with the Franklin collection because it's the latest and widely praised by scholars.
  
  All the poems are here, with the "spasmodic gait," irregular syntax, personal spellings, cranky capitalizations and passionate punctuation that distressed the poet's stodgy literary mentor T. W. Higginson and caused Dickinson's earliest editors to get out their red pencils.
  
  Franklin has banished all the misguided corrections and tidying up perpetrated by the original editors and restored the true voice of the poet in all its eccentricity and power.
  
  The typesetting of the poems is clear, unpretentious and very readable.
  
  I found this authoritative collection a perfect complement to the scholarly biography of Emily Dickinson by Richard Sewall.