Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life The Plants And Places That Inspired The Iconic Poet
Author: Marta McDowell
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: 9781604698220
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: 01 October 2019
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: Marta McDowell
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: 1912
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"In these pages, you are beside Emily Dickinson's elbow--feeling the dense heat of summer, learning the skills of an ultra-observant plantswoman, finding the poetry in nature." --Tovah Martin, author of The Gardenin Every Sense and Season
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.