Emily Dickinson's Correspondences

Unpublished in book form in her lifetime, the poems of Emily Dickinson nonetheless enjoyed an extensive distribution - through her letters.

More than one-third of her poems appeared in her letters to family and friends.

Emily Dickinson's Correspondences brings these letters together in a single XML-based archive.

The initial installment will contain more than 400 letters, covering Emily's correspondence with her sister Susan, with 1,300 letters to follow in future installments.

Search by date, genre, manuscript features, linked publications, and full text; Each letter presented with complete transcription and digitized scan of the holograph manuscript; Complete editorial and bibliographical notes; Regular updates to content and functionality; 24/7 online access, with no special hardware or hosting required; This is an opportunity to read the poems as they first appeared, and to examine more deeply than ever the life from which they sprang.