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Ainsi parlait Emily Dickinson
Au coeur de l'oeuvre d'Emily Dickinson il y a une intuition première, irréductible, fondatrice, qui ne cesse d'irradier et d'illuminer. Et il y a cette intégrité farouche, obstinée qui, sans relâche, sans faiblesse, s'acharne à la contempler et la préserver. D'où la transparence et la jubilation qui donnent à l'ensemble des textes leur dynamique et leur unité. (...) À travers les poèmes, les lettres et les fragments, c'est cette «fine pointe de la pensée» d'Emily Dickinson que nous avons essayé ici d'entendre.
151 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2016
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Emily Dickinson
1,557 books6,870 followersEmily 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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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.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
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April 28, 2022
J'entends parler de cet auteur depuis pas mal de temps, mais c'est la première fois que je le lis (et ça fait un moment que j'en ai envie). Je dois dire que j'ai été surpris positivement d'être des poèmes courts mais avec un vocabulaire assez facile et actuel de nos jours. Les poèmes qui ont le plus retenu mon attention sont les suivants :
Seul l'Amour peut blesser - / Seul l'Amour soigne la Blessure
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Un Livre n'est que le Portrait d'un Coeur - chaque Page est Pulsation -
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L'Été est ce qu'il y a de plus court - / La Vie est plus courte que l'Été - / Soixante-dix Ans se dépensent aussi vite / Qu'un unique Dollar -
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Nous ne savions pas que nous allions vivre - / Ni quand - nous devions mourir / L'ignorance est notre Cuirasse -
Seul l'Amour peut blesser - / Seul l'Amour soigne la Blessure
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Un Livre n'est que le Portrait d'un Coeur - chaque Page est Pulsation -
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L'Été est ce qu'il y a de plus court - / La Vie est plus courte que l'Été - / Soixante-dix Ans se dépensent aussi vite / Qu'un unique Dollar -
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Nous ne savions pas que nous allions vivre - / Ni quand - nous devions mourir / L'ignorance est notre Cuirasse -
December 11, 2020
If I can stop one Heart from breaking / I shall not live in vain / If I can ease one Life the Aching / Or cool one Pain // [...] I shall not live in vain — Si je peux empêcher un seul Coeur de se briser / Je ne vivrai pas en vain / Si je peux alléger La Douleur d'une Vie / Ou apaiser une Souffrance // [...] Je ne vivrai pas en vain
June 18, 2023
[M'he llegit la traducció al cat de la Dolors Udina ed. Flâneur, però encara no està al GoodReads]. He de dir que l'Emily era meravellosa i ens encanta un bollodrama, però no sóc massa fan d'aquests llibres de fragments descontextualitzats.
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