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Guten Morgen, Mitternacht. Gedichte und Briefe.
Emily Dickinson, geboren 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, starb 1886 in dem Haus, in dem sie geboren wurde. Der Radius ihrer täglichen Aktivitäten beschränkte sich auf ihr Elternhaus und den Garten, dessen Grenzen sie schon kurz nach dem dreißigsten Lebensjahr nicht mehr überschritt. Sie lebte äußerst zurückgezogen, stand aber mit einer Reihe von Verwandten und Bekannten in Brief-kontakt. Nur ein Bruchteil ihrer über 1700 Gedichte wurde zu Lebzeiten veröffentlicht.
186 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2011
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Emily Dickinson
1,552 books6,831 followersEmily Dickinson was an American poet who, despite the fact that less than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime, is widely considered one of the most original and influential poets of the 19th century.
Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.
Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.
A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
Dickinson was born to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation.Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.
Although most of her acquaintances were probably aware of Dickinson's writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Emily's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that the breadth of Dickinson's work became apparent. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, both of whom heavily edited the content.
A complete and mostly unaltered collection of her poetry became available for the first time in 1955 when The Poems of Emily Dickinson was published by scholar Thomas H. Johnson. Despite unfavorable reviews and skepticism of her literary prowess during the late 19th and early 20th century, critics now consider Dickinson to be a major American poet.
For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/emily-di...
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March 19, 2021
How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears—
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity—
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears—
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity—
July 20, 2012
Wonderful poems and the best German translation (both language and content) I've stumbled across so far.
September 4, 2021
Emily Dickinson has definitely been one of the most talented poets this earth has ever seen by far. The atmosphere of most of the poems is limited to life, death, and love in nature or for nature.
Dickinson's childhood, shaped by a Calvinist pastor father, shows in her religious references and it's so fascinating to get a perspective from someone who writes so sensitively and melodramatically, but in a good way.
Her sensitivity to natural phenomena and her depressed mood balance each other out incredibly well. It is almost adorable how she characterizes nature and humanizes it. And it must be said that your personal path in life is at least as interesting as it were.
A young, misunderstood, queer woman, about whose sexuality there are entire treatises and to this day the question of whether she was bisexual or compulsive heterosexual. Her poems referring to homosexual love, in particular, are so full of emotion and sensitivity. When researching your person, I found it particularly interesting that "Belts of Melody", a volume by her, but published in 1945, dealt with two unmarried young women in love, just like herself.
Very, very, very recommendable.
Power is only Pain-
Stranded, tho' Discipline,
Till Weights - will hang -
Give Balm - to Giants -
And they'll wilt, like Men -
Give Himmaleh -
They'll Carry - Him!
'Tis not that Dying hurts us so -
' Tis Living - hurts us more -
But Dying - is a different way -
A Kind behind the Door -
To die - without the Dying
And live - without the Life
This is the hardest Miracle
Propunded to Belief.
These were some of my personal favs.
Dickinson's childhood, shaped by a Calvinist pastor father, shows in her religious references and it's so fascinating to get a perspective from someone who writes so sensitively and melodramatically, but in a good way.
Her sensitivity to natural phenomena and her depressed mood balance each other out incredibly well. It is almost adorable how she characterizes nature and humanizes it. And it must be said that your personal path in life is at least as interesting as it were.
A young, misunderstood, queer woman, about whose sexuality there are entire treatises and to this day the question of whether she was bisexual or compulsive heterosexual. Her poems referring to homosexual love, in particular, are so full of emotion and sensitivity. When researching your person, I found it particularly interesting that "Belts of Melody", a volume by her, but published in 1945, dealt with two unmarried young women in love, just like herself.
Very, very, very recommendable.
Power is only Pain-
Stranded, tho' Discipline,
Till Weights - will hang -
Give Balm - to Giants -
And they'll wilt, like Men -
Give Himmaleh -
They'll Carry - Him!
'Tis not that Dying hurts us so -
' Tis Living - hurts us more -
But Dying - is a different way -
A Kind behind the Door -
To die - without the Dying
And live - without the Life
This is the hardest Miracle
Propunded to Belief.
These were some of my personal favs.
October 16, 2022
Nachdem ich schon im lange zurückliegenden Anglistikstudium ab und an auf Emily Dickinson gestoßen bin, wurde mein Interesse an ihrer Kunst erst durch "Findungen" von Maria Popova geweckt.
Leider ist mein Interesse zumindest an den Gedichten durch die Lektüre dieses Gedichtbands wieder abgeflaut. Obwohl die Ausgabe zweisprachig ist und die Gedichte im englischen Original und der deutschen Übersetzung beinhaltet, habe ich viele Gedichte nicht verstanden, oder wenn ich sie verstanden habe, konnte ich nur bei wenigen Bezug herstellen. Thematisch drehen ihre Gedichte sich oft um Unsterblichkeit, Tod und Hoffnung, stets mit den berühmten Spiegelstrichen.
Was mir hingehen mehr zugesagt hat, waren ihre Briefe an Thomas Wentworth Higginson, ihren Mentor, der ihr bei (sehr wenigen) Gedichten zur Veröffentlichung geraten und verholfen hat.
Aus heutiger Sicht ist es irritierend, wie devot sich Dickinson gegenüber Higginson verhält, jedoch trügt der Schein, hat Dickinson seine Verbesserungsvorschläge doch meistens ausgeschlagen. Interessant waren auch die Briefe von Higginson selbst, der seinen Eindruck von Dickinson schildert.
Mein Highlight war aber das wirklich gute Nachwort der Übersetzerin, in dem sie aufzeigt, wie wenig man eigentlich von der realen Person Emily Dickinson weiß und wie viel vermeintliches Wissen über die reine Interpretation ist.
Zum Abschluss ein Zitat von der Übersetzerin über Emily Dickinson: "Immer wieder führt sie den Leser unmittelbar an den Schauplatz ihres inneren Erlebens und läßt ihn, auf seine eigene Erlebnisfähigkeit vertrauend, teilnehmen, ohne ihm dabei einen Einblick in die persönlichen Hintergründe zu gestatten."
Übersetzt von Lola Gruenthal.
Leider ist mein Interesse zumindest an den Gedichten durch die Lektüre dieses Gedichtbands wieder abgeflaut. Obwohl die Ausgabe zweisprachig ist und die Gedichte im englischen Original und der deutschen Übersetzung beinhaltet, habe ich viele Gedichte nicht verstanden, oder wenn ich sie verstanden habe, konnte ich nur bei wenigen Bezug herstellen. Thematisch drehen ihre Gedichte sich oft um Unsterblichkeit, Tod und Hoffnung, stets mit den berühmten Spiegelstrichen.
Was mir hingehen mehr zugesagt hat, waren ihre Briefe an Thomas Wentworth Higginson, ihren Mentor, der ihr bei (sehr wenigen) Gedichten zur Veröffentlichung geraten und verholfen hat.
Aus heutiger Sicht ist es irritierend, wie devot sich Dickinson gegenüber Higginson verhält, jedoch trügt der Schein, hat Dickinson seine Verbesserungsvorschläge doch meistens ausgeschlagen. Interessant waren auch die Briefe von Higginson selbst, der seinen Eindruck von Dickinson schildert.
Mein Highlight war aber das wirklich gute Nachwort der Übersetzerin, in dem sie aufzeigt, wie wenig man eigentlich von der realen Person Emily Dickinson weiß und wie viel vermeintliches Wissen über die reine Interpretation ist.
Zum Abschluss ein Zitat von der Übersetzerin über Emily Dickinson: "Immer wieder führt sie den Leser unmittelbar an den Schauplatz ihres inneren Erlebens und läßt ihn, auf seine eigene Erlebnisfähigkeit vertrauend, teilnehmen, ohne ihm dabei einen Einblick in die persönlichen Hintergründe zu gestatten."
Übersetzt von Lola Gruenthal.
May 21, 2020
Noch nie hat mich ein Nachwort so beeindruckt.
Denn, neben den wunderschönen Gedichten und Briefen, sind immer wieder Anmerkungen des Herausgebers zu lesen. Und vor allem im Nachwort, bekommt man einen umfassenden Eindruck von den Verhältnissen zwischen Dickinson und Ihrem Umfeld. Ohne dieses, hätte ich sicherlich nicht die Tiefe ihrer Worte verstanden.
Denn, neben den wunderschönen Gedichten und Briefen, sind immer wieder Anmerkungen des Herausgebers zu lesen. Und vor allem im Nachwort, bekommt man einen umfassenden Eindruck von den Verhältnissen zwischen Dickinson und Ihrem Umfeld. Ohne dieses, hätte ich sicherlich nicht die Tiefe ihrer Worte verstanden.
October 4, 2023
I love this fucking queer icon.
I love her way with words and think it's strange that only now I've gotten around to actually reading some of her poems.
I particularly enjoyed, that this version had the German translations as well as the English originals :)
I love her way with words and think it's strange that only now I've gotten around to actually reading some of her poems.
I particularly enjoyed, that this version had the German translations as well as the English originals :)
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