Emily Dickinson gained fame for her collection of nearly 1,800 poems after her death, when her sister insisted on publishing the work. Although Dickinson wrote prolifically during her lifetime, only a few of her poems were published during her lifetime, and it was her sister Lavinia who took the initiative to publish her poems after Dickinson's death in 1886.
When did Emily Dickinson gain fame for her collection of nearly 1,800 poems?
after sharing her work with her contemporary Walt Whitman
after attending the excellent Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
after her death, when her sister insisted on publishing the work
after following the advice of her mentor Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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