Poems of Emily Dickinson, Series 2
Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Inspirational & Religious, American
| Author: | Emily Dickinson | ISBN: | 1230000279781 |
| Publisher: | True North | Publication: | November 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Emily Dickinson |
| ISBN: | 1230000279781 |
| Publisher: | True North |
| Publication: | November 13, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The eagerness with which the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems has been read shows very clearly that all our alleged modern artificiality does not prevent a prompt appreciation of the qualities of directness and simplicity in approaching the greatest themes,--life and love and death. That "irresistible needle-touch," as one of her best critics has called it, piercing at once the very core of a thought, has found a response as wide and sympathetic as it has been unexpected even to those who knew best her compelling power.
The eagerness with which the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems has been read shows very clearly that all our alleged modern artificiality does not prevent a prompt appreciation of the qualities of directness and simplicity in approaching the greatest themes,--life and love and death. That "irresistible needle-touch," as one of her best critics has called it, piercing at once the very core of a thought, has found a response as wide and sympathetic as it has been unexpected even to those who knew best her compelling power.
