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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
A page from an 1857 Godey’s Lady’s Book, a popular and influential magazine for women during Emily Dickinson’s lifetime.

A page from an 1857 Godey’s Lady’s Book, a popular and influential magazine for women during Emily Dickinson’s lifetime.

Godey’s Lady’s Book focused on topics such as fashion, raising children, and household management. It also featured stories and poems by male and female authors.

Citation Information
“Godey's Lady's Book, 1857. Godey's greatest effort! Fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth volumes,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/da088eccd45bd98ba537a0cb75865a61.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Duke University Libraries via North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.

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  • the author's point of view
  • the author's purpose
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Item 10 of 10 in the Primary Source Set The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

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An undated image of the Dickinson children: Emily, Austin, and Lavinia.
The manuscript of Dickinson’s poem beginning “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” ca. 1861.
The manuscript of Dickinson’s poem beginning “I felt a funeral in my brain,” ca. 1861.
The manuscript of Dickinson’s poem beginning “No prisoner be,” ca. 1863, which appears at the bottom of the page.
The manuscript of Dickinson’s poem beginning “A narrow fellow in the grass,” ca. 1865.
A map of Amherst, Massachusetts, attributed to Charles B. Adams and Alonzo Gray, published by Pendleton’s Lithography in 1833.
An excerpt from an undated letter from Emily Dickinson to her younger sister, Lavinia.
An undated letter from Emily Dickinson to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, ca. 1880.
An excerpt from Introduction to Emily Dickinson by Henry W. Wells, 1959.
A page from an 1857 Godey’s Lady’s Book, a popular and influential magazine for women during Emily Dickinson’s lifetime.

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