Twenty-five years after Emily Dickinson died, Will Barnet was born. Both from New England, the poet and the artist found inspiration for much of their work in their region's geography, climate, and culture. Yet both rejected provincialism and forged their own paths--Dickinson (1830-1886) changed the face of poetry with inventive phrasing, punctuation, rhyme schemes, and subject matter and was viewed by many of her neighbors and contemporaries as an eccentric. Barnet (b. 1911)--who moved to New York City in the middle of the Depression--in each decade of his long career has maintained a vibrant intellectual and artistic life, bringing ever-expanding vision and heart to his work. He is 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 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 grass ("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. The World in a Frame presents forty-six poems by Emily Dickinson and twenty-four drawings by Will Barnet. An introduction by critic, essayist, and author Christopher Benfey (Degas in New Orleans, 1997; The Double Life of Stephen Crane, 1992; Emily Dickinson and the Problem of Others, 1984) offers a fascinating glimpse of Dickinson's life and personality while exploring the juxtaposition of her work with Barnet's art. Drawings by Will Barnet, poems by Emily Dickinson, and introduction by Christopher Benfey. 112 pages with 24 charcoal drawings by Will Barnet and 46 poems by Emily Dickinson. Smyth-sewn casebound book, with jacket. Size: 8 x 11 in. ISBN: 0-7649-3719-7 (978-0-7649-3719-4). The World in a Frame: Will Barnet and Emily Dickinson A129$30.00 All of our pictures enlarge; click on any picture for a closer look. Text & images protected by copyright. Sign Up for Our Monthly E-mail Newsletter Private list, unsubscribe any time. Home | Customer Service Center | Ordering Information