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- Search the Literature Online (LION) database to find background and criticism on Dickinson, as well as on individual titles ("This world is not conclusion," "I felt a funeral in my brain," "Much madness is divinest sense," etc.). You can also search for a subject, such as "American Poetry."
- Try the Literature Resource Center database as well for criticism and references on certain works or authors in reference sources, such as the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism, etc.
- Search the Library Catalog (see "Suggested Subject Headings" below).
- To dig deeper, search the MLA and Humanities Full-Text databases.
This list is not comprehensive! Perform an author search in the Library Catalog for "Dickinson, Emily" to see more titles. If you need a work that is not owned by the Library, please place an Interlibrary Loan request for it.
| Acts of Light, Emily Dickinson: Poems | -- PS1541 .A62 1980 |
| Collected Poems | -- available through netLibrary |
| Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | -- PS1541 .A1 1960 |
| Emily Dickinson: Lives of a Poet | -- PS1541 .A6 1986 |
| Favorite Poems of Emily Dickinson | -- PS1541 .F3 1978 |
| Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's Poems | -- PS1541 .A133 1961 |
| Emily Dickinson, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom | -- PS1541 .Z5 E38 1985 |
| Emily Dickinson: An Introduction and Interpretation | -- PS11541 .Z5 P5 1967 |
| Emily Dickinson's Fascicles: Method and Meaning | -- PS1541 .Z5 O24 1995 |
| Emily Dickinson Handbook | -- PS1541 .Z5 E396 1998 |
| Emily Dickinson's Vision: Illness and Identity in her Poetry | -- available through netLibrary |
| Only Kangaroo Among the Beauty: Emily Dickinson and America | -- PS1541 .Z5 K4 1979 |
Search these reference works to find information on Emily Dickinson. See a Reference Librarian for more information.
| Dictionary of Literary Biography | -- REF PS21 .D5 |
| Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth-Century | -- REF PS316 .E522 1998 |
| Reference Guide to the Bible in Emily Dickinson's Poetry | -- REF PS1541 .Z5 B435 1997 |
| Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism | -- REF PN771 .G27 |
To access an electronic book, look it up by the title in the library catalog and click on the link at the bottom of the record. The link will take you to the book in the netLibrary or ebrary databases. If you live off-campus, you will need to set up a free account from a computer that is on-campus.
- To see a list of electronic books on Emily Dickinson, click here.
| Cambridge Campanion to Emily Dickinson | -- available through ebrary |
| Emily Dickinson, edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom | -- available through netLibrary |
| Historical Guide to Emily Dickinson | -- available through netLibrary |
Use theses terms to perform a subject search in the library's catalog. Be sure to browse through the headings list you get to see subtopics.
- American Poetry
- American Poetry -- History and Criticism
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
- Literature and History
- Poets, American -- 19th Century
- Women and Literature
Use the following library databases to find journal articles about the works of Emily Dickinson, as well as biographical information, essays, and other critical and reference resources.
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Humanities Full-Text
Indexes articles under the subjects of archaeology, area studies, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism literature, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion and theology. -
Literature Online (LION)
Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. -
Literature Resource Center
Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. -
MLA International Bibliography
Indexes journal articles, books, and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database goes back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
The Emily Dickinson International Society
Emily Dickinson Electronic Archives
| Citing Sources | -- from the Duke University Libraries |
| MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | -- RREF LB2369 .G52 2003 * |
* RREF stands for Ready Reference near the reference desk on the first floor.
Need more help finding resources? Email me at kowens@flagler.edu or visit the Library's Reference Desk.
Last Updated: September 03, 2008