Author(s): Judit KÓNYI

Title: EMILY DICKINSON ÉS A PUBLIKÁLÁS ÚJ ÚTJAI

Source: 11th International Conference of J. Selye University. Section on Language – Culture – Intercultural Relationships. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-331-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3310.2019.125-132

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2019, 125-132

Published on-line: 2019

Language: hu

Abstract: As a consequence of the digital advances of the 21st century, publication practices have undergone significant changes which have influenced the reception of Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Dickinson rejected print publication as the commercialization of literature. Presumably, she chose to distribute her poems in manuscript form as she seems to have invented her own form of publication with her home-made collections. Since her death her poetry has been published mostly in print editions. The first facsimile editon, The Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson was published in 1981. The Emily Dickinson Archive provides open access to the images of the surviving manuscripts. A more recent edition of 2013, Emily Dickinson – The Gorgeous Nothings presents 52 poems as they were origininally written on used envelopes. With the access to the poems in manuscipt form appearing on the reproduction of the original page and material, it seems that Dickinson has finally achieved her objective concerning the publication of her poetry.

Keywords: Emily Dickinson, publication, print, manuscript, envelope-poems, artefacts, visual poetry

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