The Diary of Emily Dickinson

by Jamie Fuller

Book Overview

In her fictionalization of Emily Dickinson's diary, Jamie Fuller paints a fascinating picture that will deepen any reader's understanding and appreciation of one of America's greatest and most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156279048X
• ISBN13: 9781562790486
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Mercury House
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

It's a great work of HISTORICAL FICTION

I just bought this book to help me do some research on Emily Dickinson and did not realize the "diary" is actually fictional. The "novel" is so well done that you will believe that you are reading actual diary entries written by Emily Dickinson. There are even editorial notes throughout the diary to help clarify the entries. The prologue doesn't even clue you in to this "April Fool's". I was flabbergasted when I was halfway through the book and so happened to glance at the back cover and realized this diary was actually fictional! Very well done! Very well done! No matter, it has helped me understand Emily Dickinson's poetry a lot better . . . Jamie Fuller threads throughout the diary actual events with likely events . . . oh it's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant! Bravo! I am laughing hard still from the shock of discovering my error.

To get to know the mind of one of America's greatest poet

To be honest, I never was able to get fully into Emily's poetry. I always thought that her poems were a bit too remote for me to reach, for example, themes like death, eternity, etc. I have always wondered what kind of person can really write these poems. After reading this diary of hers, I really must say, it just seems that I have made a new friend. It just makes me get to know more about the thoughts, the beliefs, the anxiety and the inner world of a very talented woman. Now, after finished reading her diary, I am really able to appreciate her poetry fully. I recommend this diary to anyone who likes Emily's poetry, or, to people who like me, have at first found her poetry a bit hard to get into. I am sure that after reading this book, you will get to understand and like her better.

Beautiful as anything

This book is intruiging to read. I first read this book before i read her actual poems. And i must admit that i like her diary more than her actual poems. I guess it is the depth of her thoughts into a diary than her thoughts of seeing. Some of her poems were inspiered from here entries into her diary. There are many exerts of various poems into this book, which is a real treat to get more than you payed for. =) I would reccomend this book to anyone who would like to gain a perspective of the artist by her daily, weekly entires.