Which later poets helped establish Emily Dickinson’s reputation as a major poet?

While Emily Dickinson’s work initially drew little interest from the first generation of "High Modernists," several later poets were instrumental in establishing her reputation as a major literary figure.

Leading writers who were among the first to register her greatness included Hart Crane and Allen Tate. By the 1950s, poets such as Elizabeth Bishop further championed her work. Additionally, the New Critics played a significant role in securing her place within the modern canon.12

These recognitions were vital, as earlier efforts to publish her poetry in the 1890s—led by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson—often involved editorial changes that regularized her unique grammar, meter, and rhyme. It was not until the mid-20th century that scholarly editions began to present her work more accurately, allowing her status as a major poet to be fully realized.13