Digital Manuscripts can provide insight into a writer's process. Manuscript collections can often be found by Googling the author's name and the phrase "digital manuscripts."
Emily Dickinson manuscript excerpt, poem #935 "As imperceptibly as grief"
Amherst College, Emily Dickinson Collection
Use the search box below to find biographical information on a poet and a collection of extensive critical analysis of their work.
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Type in an author's name to find copies of their work in the library as well as biographies and criticism about them.
When searching for books in the library, a useful way to find critical analysis on an author or work is to add the words and criticism to an author's name or the title of a work. For example: Robert Frost and criticism OR "Paradise Lost" and criticism