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A Spicing of Birds: Poems by Emily Dickinson (The Driftless Series) by Emily Dickinson; poems for birders selected and introduced by Jo Miles Schuman and Joanna Bailey Hodgman with illustrations by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century bird artists is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The bird poems of a revered American poet paired with classic bird illustrations A Spicing of Birds is a unique and beautifully illustrated anthology, pairing poems from one of America's most revered poets with evocative classic ornithological art. Emily Dickinson had a great love of birdsin her collected poems, birds are mentioned 222 times, sometimes as the core inspiration of the poem. However, in existing anthologies of Dickinson's work, little acknowledgment is made of her close connection to birds. This book contains thirty-seven of Dickinson's poems featuring birds common to New England. Many lesser-known poems are brought to light, renewing our appreciation for Dickinson's work. The editors' introduction draws extensively from Dickinson's letters, providing fascinating insights into her relationship with birds. The illustrations, by late 18th century to early 20th century artists/ornithologists, are often so apt as to seem to have been created with the poems in mind. Included are beautiful watercolors by Mark Catesby, engravings of John James Audubon's paintings, illustrations by Alexander Wilson, chromo-lithographs by Robert Ridgway (curator of birds at the National Museum
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- Author
- Emily Dickinson; poems for birders selected and introduced by Jo Miles Schuman and Joanna Bailey Hodgman with illustrations by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century bird artists
- Publisher
- Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780819570697
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (14 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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