Publication

2019 - Timber Press, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

67,000 words, Guess

Page Count

268 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781604699753
  • ISBN-101604699752
  • Better World Books9781604699753
  • Open LibraryOL36332157M

Description

Emily Dickinson was a keen observer of the natural world, but less well known is the fact that she was also an avid gardener--sending fresh bouquets to friends, including pressed flowers in her letters, and studying botany at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke. At her family home, she tended both a small glass conservatory and a flower garden. In Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, award-winning author Marta McDowell explores Dickinson's deep passion for plants and how it inspired and informed her writing. Tracing a year in the garden, the book reveals details few know about Dickinson and adds to our collective understanding of who she was as a person. By weaving together Dickinson's poems, excerpts from letters, contemporary and historical photography, and botanical art, McDowell offers an enchanting new perspective on one of America's most celebrated but enigmatic literary figures.

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  • Emily Dickinson's Gardening LifeTimber Press, Incorporated2019

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