Ask The Puma Research Guides: Wild Nights - Wild Nights!

Wild Nights - Wild Nights!

The poem “Wild Nights - Wild Nights!” was written by Emily Dickinson circa 1861 and was first published in 1891. This erotic poem conveys passion with imagery of the sea. This poem is number 249 in the numbering system developed by Thomas Johnson for Emily Dickinson’s poetry and number 269 in the system used by Ralph Franklin. Dickinson’s poems are sometimes indexed only by their numbers.

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

•  PS1451.Z5

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.). Emily Dickinson. 2008.

                   Call Number: PS1541.Z5 E38 2008.

• Bouson, Brooks (ed.). Critical Insights: Emily Dickinson. 2011.

                    Call Number: PS1541.Z5 E385 2011.

• Burns, Allan. Thematic Guide to American Poetry.

                   Call Number: PS303.B8 2002.

•  Dickinson, Emily. The Poems of Emily Dickinson. 1999.

                  Call Number:  PS1541.A17 1999.

• Farr, Judith. The Passion of Emily Dickinson. 1992.

                  Call Number: PS1541.Z5 F27 1992.

• Leiter, Sharon. Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson. 2007.

                 Call Number: PS1541.Z5 L376 2007.

• Martin, Wendy (ed.). Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson. 2002.

                Call Number: PS1541.Z5 c28 2002.

•  Vendler, Helen. Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries. 2010.

                  Call Number: PS1541.A6 2010.

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

•  Wild nights
• Emily Dickinson

Reference Materials

• Eberwein, Jane Donahue (ed.). An Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia. 1998. Call Number: REF PS1541.Z49 E47 1998
• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism - Call Number: REF PN761.N5
  • • v. 21 pg. 43, 49, 58, 77
    • v. 77 pg. 149
    • v. 171 pg. 96

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

•  Academic Search Complete
•  Literature Resources from Gale
•  Literary Reference Center
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.