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by
Emily Dickinson
Illustrated
Spoon River Anthology
Peruse
Masters’s most celebrated collection of poems,
Spoon River Anthology. In this collection,
the dead from a graveyard in Spoon River, Illinois,
speak out about their lives. As a class, divide
up the poems, print them out, and create the artwork
for your own Illustrated Spoon River Anthology.
Virtual
Emily
This site is devoted to exploring the life
and work of Emily Dickinson. As you browse the
site, write a list of important or interesting
facts about the author. When you read the poem
in your textbook, refer to your list. Is your
appreciation of Dickinson's poem enriched by knowing
the facts regarding her life and times? In the
Web Links Activity Log,
give specific examples to explain why or why not.
Emily
Dickinson (Un)discovered
Visit this site to find out more about the
literary relationship between Dickinson and Thomas
Higginson. Follow the link "Emily Dickinson's
Letters" to read the article on Dickinson
that Higginson wrote for the Atlantic Monthly
in October of 1891, the same year her poems were
posthumously published to great acclaim. Discuss
what might have been her reaction to his words
and to her sudden fame.
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