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Emily Dickinson’ star has continued to rise n the literary firmament ever since her first volume of poems amazed and delighted America. Her bold, gay verse has captivated succeeding generations until she has been acknowledge[SIC] among the greatest of poets and on one the most original and vigorous minds of her period.
She was the poet in everything she wrote, and her letters are additional evidence of her great gift. To this romantic recluse, nothing was too small for her attention and no letter too unimportant not to imbue it with her own very special brand of charm and wit. And so the limited world that she made her own overflowed into the beauty of perception and economy of expression that have made her famous.
It is an intimate glance into her life and mind to read these personal notes. Filled with her own sensitive impressions of life, they are an invaluable aid to the understanding of this major American poet. But they are more than that, for they are a joy in themselves, a pleasure on one interested in fine writing should forego [SIC]. The Letters of Emily Dickinson recreate for us the sensitive and unique personality she hid so long from the world.