These three letters, which Emily Dickinson drafted to a man she called "Master," stand near the heart of her mystery. Although there is no evidence the letters were ever posted, they indicate a long relationship, geographically apart, in which correspondence would have been the primary means of communication. Dickinson did not write letters as a fictional genre, and these were surely part of a much larger correspondence yet unknown to us. In the week following Dickinson's death on May 15, 1886, Lavinia Dickinson found what she described as a locked box containing seven hundred of her sister's poems. The Master letters may have been among them, for they were clearly not with the correspondence, which Lavinia destroyed upon discovery.Of primary importance, the Master letters nevertheless have had an uncertain history of discovery, publication, dating, and transcription. This publication, issued at the centennial of Emily Dickinson's death, presents the three letters in chronological order, based upon new dating of the manuscripts, and provides their texts in facsimile as well as in transcriptions that show stages in the composition of each letter.

The Master Letters of Emily Dickinson

DICKINSON, EMILY

Biographies & Memoirs

Amherst College Pr

Akenside 1721-1770 was a well known English poet. Has a note by John Lancaster, Curator. Covers soiled and slightly curled around edges. 8 pages followed by the facsimiles of 8 manuscripts. stiff paper wrappers.. 4to..

The Poetical Manuscripts of Mark Akenside in the Ralph M. Williams Collection, Amherst College Library: Reproduced in Facsimile

Literature & Fiction

Akenside, Mark

History & Criticism

The College on the Hill: Celebrating the 175th Anniversary of Amherst College, 1821-1996

Education & Teaching

Eldredge, Charles C., Introduction By

Higher & Continuing Education

Most of It Essays on Language and the Imagination

History

Baird, Theodore

Americas

English at Amherst

<p>Book Description Curious Footprints: Professor Hitchcock's Dinosaur Tracks &amp; Other Natural History Treasures at Amherst College tells the personal story of Edward Hitchcock, the college's third president, an evangelical minister who amassed the world's largest collection of dinosaur tracks. In a fascinating twist, he tried to prove that the footprints were made not by dinosaurs, but by gigantic ancient birds. </p>
<p>The second half of the book presents the luminous color photographs of Frank Ward, who was the Amherst College Photographer for 22 years. His photo essay captures the college's natural history artifacts in all their charm, discovering in them grace, humor, and mystery.</p>

Curious Footprints: Professor Hitchcock's Dinosaur Tracks & Other Natural History Treasures at Amherst College

Pick, Nancy

Ward, Frank

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