The World in a Frame

Emily Dickinson

ISBN 10: 0764937197 / ISBN 13: 9780764937194

Published by Pomegranate, 2006

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0764937197I2N00

Synopsis:

The World in a Frame presents forty-six poems by Emily Dickinson and twenty-four drawings by Will Barnet. Barnet's respect and love for Dickinson's poetry sing from the drawings reproduced in this book. From his portraits of the artist ("To pity those that know her not / Is helped by the regret / That those who know her, know her less / The nearer her they get") to his drawing of a cricket on a blade of gr ("But witness for her land, / And witness for her sea, / The cricket is her utmost / Of elegy to me") to his picture of a tree full of crows ("The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, /The maddest noise that grows, -- /The birds, they make it in the spring, / At night's delicious close"), Barnet captures the essence of the poet's work.

Synopsis: Will Barnet was born twenty-five years after Emily Dickinson died. Both from New England, the artist and the poet found inspiration for much of their work in their region's geography, climate, and culture. Dickinson (1830-1886) changed the face of poetry with inventive phrasing, punctuation, rhyme schemes, and subject matter. Barnet (b. 1911) has maintained a vibrant intellectual and artistic life, bringing ever-expanding vision and heart to his work. That work has shown him to be one of America's most important contemporary artists. Barnet's respect and love for Dickinson's poetry sing from the drawings reproduced in this book. From his portraits of the poet, animated by and symbiotic with her word-portraits of others ("To pity those that know her not; Is helped by the regret; That those who know her, know her less; The nearer her they get") to his picture of a tree full of crows ("The saddest noise, the sweetest noise, The maddest noise that grows, The birds, they make it in the spring, At night's delicious close"), Barnet captures the essence of Emily Dickinson's work.

"The World in a Frame's" forty-six poems by Emily Dickinson and twenty-four drawings by Will Barnet are supported and elucidated by critic and essayist Christopher Benfey's insightful introductory text.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The World in a Frame
Publisher: Pomegranate
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Barnet, Will
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket