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8 de dez. de 2016 · Despite oddities of punctuation, diction, rhyme, and rhythm, her cumulative achievement surprised Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, her first editors. No one, not even her sister Lavinia, had foreseen such a large and powerful body of work.
After Dickinson’s death, Higginson assisted Mabel Loomis Todd in editing her poems, lending his considerable literary influence to the eventual publication by Roberts Brothers, Boston, of a first series in 1890 and a second the following year.
Biographers have found Dickinson’s letters crucial to piecing together the poet’s life; among the most significant correspondences were those with brother Austin, mentor Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and sister-in-law Susan Dickinson.
3 de fev. de 2009 · Emily Dickinson , Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Mabel Loomis Todd. Publication date. 1891. Publisher. Roberts Brothers. Collection. americana. Book from the collections of. University of Michigan. Language. English. Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Addeddate.
In preparing Emily's poetry for publication, which was also marred by family controversies, "she and co-editor Thomas Wentworth Higginson altered words, changed Dickinson’s punctuation, capitalization and syntax to make her poetry closer to the conventions of 19th century verse.
In addition to the impact on her personal life, the relationship also introduced Mabel to the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Partnering with eminent abolitionist, author and literary advocate Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Mabel set about deciphering, editing, and organizing Emily’s poetry.
When Mabel Loomis Todd ceased her work on Dickinson’s poems, a period of quiet ensued in the publication story. Lavinia Dickinson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Susan Dickinson all died, and Martha Dickinson Bianchi began to assume a larger role in shaping her aunt’s legacy.
