Emily Dickinson's gardening life : the plants & places that inspired the iconic poet
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Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2019.
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Revised edition.
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267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
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Published
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2019.
Edition
Revised edition.
Language
English

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Originally published by McGraw-Hill in 2005 as Emily Dickinson's Gardens : A Celebration of a Poet and Gardener.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-248) and index.
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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