Eterna: Antología poética

by Emily Dickinson, José Antonio Domínguez (Primary Contributor), Lidia Perez (Translator)

Emily Dickinson es concebida en el marco del siglo XIX como una de las grandes poetas estadounidenses, a la altura de su contemporáneo Edgar Allan Poe y mostrando sus versos una pasión incomparable. Solitaria, mística y ensoñadora, Dickinson experimentó con la poesía haciendo gala de una complejidad intelectual y un lirismo inusuales para la época, pero que evidencian una vocación literaria que permaneció oculta al mundo hasta después de su fallecimiento. Esta cuidada selección, Eterna, persigue reflejar la poco convencional producción poética de la autora, girando la antología sobre la fugacidad del tiempo y tratándose de una edición bilingüe. Destaca en primer lugar su forma de presentar los temas abordados, adoptando unos la apariencia de un diálogo, otros la de un cuento y alguno la de una declaración sincera o una crítica. Opta por versos cortos, rimas imperfectas y poemas en su mayoría carentes de título, convirtiendo así su obra en un auténtico desafío a los parámetros de la poesía de su tiempo. No obstante, lo más intrigante de Dickinson es el escepticismo mostrado, su afán por cuestionarse absolutamente todo. Tan auténtica y misteriosa como su personalidad, su poesía es sincera y directa, al describir con un meticuloso detalle temas tan trascendentales como la muerte, el sufrimiento, la inmortalidad o la vida.

148 pages, Paperback

Published March 8, 2023

About the author

Emily Dickinson was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century.

Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.

Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.

A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.

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Reviews

[raq 🌞 · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4,5) nunca me había dado por leerlo y qué error no haberlo descubierto antes. solo algunos poemas no me transmitieron nada, aunque puede ser también por la traducción al español.

[ainhoa · Rating 4 out of 5]

cómo una persona podía cargar con la idea constante de la muerte, enaltecerla, verla como algo cercano, propio… wow ella sí supo ponerlo en palabras, léanselo

XXXI

Going to heaven!
I don’t know when,
pray do not ask me how, —
indeed, I’m too astonished
to think of answering you!
Going to heaven —.
(…)
The smallest “robe” will fit me,
and just a bit of “crown”;
for you know we do not mind our dress
when we are going to home.

[chihiro29 · Rating 5 out of 5]

precioso

[Noelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

La voz poética de Emily Dickinson es inigualable. Me gustó mucho leer las diferentes maneras en las que hace referencia a la muerte, su forma de entenderla y retratarla.

[tragedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

beautiful

[nere (taylor’s version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

“One need not be a chamber to be haunted, one need not be a house;
the brain has corridors surpassing material place.”