| Description |
154 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Greenhaven Press literary companion to American authors |
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Greenhaven Press literary companion to American authors.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146) and index. |
| Contents |
Emily Dickinson : a biography -- Emily Dickinson : the woman and the poet: Dickinson constructed her own elusive image / by Joyce Carol Oates. A difficult poet to know / by Helen McNeil. Dickinson's need for seclusion / by Adrienne Rich. Dickinson was misunderstood by those closest to her / by Amy Lowell. Why Emily Dickinson wore white / by Kathryn Whitford. Dickinson found significance in minor events / by Ella Gilbert Ives. Emily Dickinson's Puritan heritage / by John Robinson. Emily Dickinson ranks among world's greatest poets / by Allen Tate -- Poetic analysis: Two explications / by Nancy Lenz Harvey and Thomas H. Johnson. Diverging vciewpoints on a classic poem / by Gerhard Friedrich, John Ciardi, and Caroline Hogue. An explication of "The first day's night had come" / by Constance Rooke. Editorial decisions affect Dickinson collections / by Marta L. Werner -- Dickinson's poetic themes: Dickinson's poems lack essential elements / by R.P. Blackmur. Emily Dickinson's vision of "circumference" / by Jane Langton. Dickinson acquired a unique understanding of faith / by Richard Wilbur. Emily Dickinson's feminist humor / by Suzanne Juhasz, Christanne Miller, and Martha Nell Smith. Naming as a strategy in Dickinson's poems / by Sharon Cameron. Dickinson's tone of voice lends credibility to difficult subjects / by Archibald MacLeish. Play as a theme in Dickinson's poems / by Anand Rao Thota. Dickinson's style broke with convention / by Cheryl Walker. |
| Summary |
Critical essays explore the life and poetic themes of American poet Emily Dickinson. |
| Subject |
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. (OCoLC)fst00035276
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Women and literature. (OCoLC)fst01177093
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Aufsatzsammlung (DE-588)4143413-4
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Dickinson, Emily.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Johnson, Tamara.
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| Added Title |
Emily Dickinson |
| ISBN |
1565106342 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781565106345 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1565106350 (lib. ; alk. paper) |
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9781565106352 (lib. ; alk. paper) |
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