Sillabe di seta

By Emily Dickinson

2004

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) nacque e morì ad Amherst (Massachusetts), dove visse nella grande casa paterna, la Homestead, in reclusione volontaria dal 1866. Il “caso” Emily Dickinson deflagrò nel 1890, con la pubblicazione di un volumetto di poesie che ebbe un successo straordinario. È una poesia assertiva, lucida, dura, quella di Emily Dickinson, che inquieta e incanta il lettore. Ed è un personaggio fuori dal comune, quello di Emily Dickinson, che scelse una vita di solitudine e isolamento, non volle lasciare traccia pubblica di sé e tenne le proprie poesie nascoste nel cassettone della camera da letto, da dove furono recuperate solo dopo la sua morte. Fu uno spirito ribelle e determinato, capace di decidere a trent’anni di vestirsi solo di bianco e di chiudersi in casa, per tutta la vita. Di lei come persona si sa pochissimo, ma per lei parlano i suoi versi, enigmatici, scarni, che suscitano stupore e curiosità, ammirazione e inquietudine. Lettrice onnivora, assetata di conoscenza, austera e insieme sensuale, sapiente nel coniugare la cultura con una sensibilità ricca e complessa e con una limpida intelligenza, Emily Dickinson ci consegna una poesia modernissima, non smette di risvegliare domande e attenzione nei lettori.

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Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century. Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence. Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends. Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content. A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet. For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...