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'''Lavinia Norcross Dickinson''' (February 28, 1833 – August 31, 1899) was the younger sister of famed [[United States|American]] poet, [[Emily Dickinson]]. |
'''Lavinia Norcross Dickinson''' (February 28, 1833 – August 31, 1899) was the younger sister of famed [[United States|American]] poet, [[Emily Dickinson]]. |
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Lavinia "Vinnie" Dickinson was instrumental in achieving the posthumous publication of her sister's poems after having discovered the forty-odd manuscripts in which Emily had collected her work. Despite promising her sister that she would destroy all correspondence and personal papers, Vinnie sought to have her sister's poetry edited and published by two of Emily's personal correspondents, [[Thomas Wentworth Higginson]] and [[Mabel Loomis Todd]]. Four years after Emily Dickinson's death, in 1890, ''Poems'' was published by [[Roberts Brothers (publishers)|Roberts Brothers]], Boston.<ref>Sewall, p. xxviii</ref> By the end of 1892, it had already been through eleven editions. |
Lavinia "Vinnie" Dickinson was instrumental in achieving the posthumous publication of her sister's poems after having discovered the forty-odd manuscripts in which Emily had collected her work. Despite promising her sister that she would destroy all correspondence and personal papers, Vinnie sought to have her sister's poetry edited and published by two of Emily's personal correspondents, [[Thomas Wentworth Higginson]] and [[Mabel Loomis Todd]]. Four years after Emily Dickinson's death, in 1890, ''Poems'' was published by [[Roberts Brothers (publishers)|Roberts Brothers]], Boston.<ref>Sewall, p. xxviii</ref> By the end of 1892, it had already been through eleven editions. After that she got a pet moose that got drunk fell down the stairs and died |
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Vinnie was the youngest of the Dickinson siblings born to [[Edward Dickinson]] and his wife Emily Norcross in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]. She never married and remained at the [[Dickinson Homestead|Homestead]] until her death. |
Vinnie was the youngest of the Dickinson siblings born to [[Edward Dickinson]] and his wife Emily Norcross in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]. She never married and remained at the [[Dickinson Homestead|Homestead]] until her death. |
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Revision as of 15:39, 12 November 2014
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson (February 28, 1833 – August 31, 1899) was the younger sister of famed American poet, Emily Dickinson.
Lavinia "Vinnie" Dickinson was instrumental in achieving the posthumous publication of her sister's poems after having discovered the forty-odd manuscripts in which Emily had collected her work. Despite promising her sister that she would destroy all correspondence and personal papers, Vinnie sought to have her sister's poetry edited and published by two of Emily's personal correspondents, Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. Four years after Emily Dickinson's death, in 1890, Poems was published by Roberts Brothers, Boston.[1] By the end of 1892, it had already been through eleven editions. After that she got a pet moose that got drunk fell down the stairs and died
Vinnie was the youngest of the Dickinson siblings born to Edward Dickinson and his wife Emily Norcross in Amherst, Massachusetts. She never married and remained at the Homestead until her death.
References
- Sewall, Richard B.. 1974. The Life of Emily Dickinson. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. ISBN 0-674-53080-2.
Notes
- ^ Sewall, p. xxviii
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