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    A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World"
    A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World"
    A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World"
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    A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World"

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    A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 19, 2016
    ISBN9781535840880
    A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World"

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      A Study Guide for Emily Dickinson's "This Is My Letter to the World" - Gale

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      This Is My Letter to the World

      Emily Dickinson

      c. 1862

      Introduction

      This Is My Letter to the World is believed to have been written in 1862, the year during which Dickinson first began to share her poetry with Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a minister, writer, and editor who had a special interest in struggling young writers. Although Higginson was not successful in helping Dickinson present her work to the world during her own lifetime, he did offer her advice and personal support throughout her prolific writing career. This poem was finally published four years after Dickinson’s death, in a collection edited by Higginson called Poems by Emily

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