Emily Dickinson - Literary Criticism and Analysis
Emily Dickinson, American poet: commentary and analysis of Dickinson's poems, looking at structure, imagery, themes, and connections to her life. Useful for researchers, interesting to Emily's fans.
Emily Dickinson - Continuing Enigma
How did Emily Dickinson's poetry come to public attention? By your About.com Women's History Guide.
Guide Picks - Emily Dickinson Biographies and Criticism
Your Guide to Women's History recommends books about Emily Dickinson, including biographies and interpretive essays.
Accomplished Fact
Carl Sandburg mentions Emily Dickinson and other historical figures in this poem -- can you figure out why?
Dickinson's Arctic
Dickinson's use of Arctic and ice imagery prompted this author to add this web page to provide some context.
Academy of American Poets
Short bio with links to nine poems, some comments on her work. Short bibliography of essentials.
Emily Dickinson's Hidden God
A review by Grant Wacker for Christianity Today on Roger Lundin's book, Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief. Lundin's interpretation of Dickinson is that most of her poetry is about religious questioning -- and he resists interpretations of physical and emotional love, including failed love, whether homosexual or heterosexual.
Later Poets: New England: Emily Dickinson
From the 1907 Cambridge History of English and American Literature, an assessment of Dickinson's work. Interesting historical view.
Mabel Loomis Todd on Dickinson's Poetry
From the preface to her Series 3 of Dickinson's poems, Todd's commentary on her "peculiar genius."
Susan Howe's "My Emily Dickinson"
An American writer, Susan Howe, on Dickinson's poems and their importance to her life.
Unfastening the Fascicles
From a 1997 panel of the Emily Dickinson International Society. Papers examine issues of the fascicles, the 40 hand-bound volumes found in her home after Dickinson's death.