The Letters of Emily Dickinson

This edition presents all 1,304 of Emily Dickinson’s extant letters, including previously uncollected letters, letters more recently discovered in manuscript, and over 200 'letter-poems.

' The editors, Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell, have redated much of her correspondence using records of Amherst weather patterns, historical events, and details about flora and fauna.

The annotations place Dickinson’s writing in relation to national and international events, as well as the rhythms of daily life in her hometown.

This collection reveals Dickinson as a poet deeply embedded in her social world, exchanging ideas with a wide circle of friends and family, and grappling with the significant events of her time, such as the Civil War.